Above: The party in progress - this is just before the food was served and just after the traditional bad jokes from the crakers.Above: Jane showed her ruthless during the musical chairs game.Above: Ruthless Jane with her ...
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Hexton Chalk Pits
Hexton Chalk Pits is a small unimproved grassland site (good for wildflowers) just over the border in Hertfordshire. The views on this site are stunning.Above: I was hoping to see a red kite but got this flying hunk of metal ...
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Flitton Moor
Flitton Moor is a site that the Weekday Conservation Team visits a couple of times each winter to help out with the ongoing management by the 'friends of' group.On the first of December 2008, the WCT carried out several ...
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Marston Moretaine Sports Field
As part of improvements to the area for safety (the public will be able to see over the hedge), BTCV have been asked to lay a hawthorn hedge between the Sports field and Bedford Road in Marston Moretaine. Please see earlier ...
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BTCV England Directors on project
On Wednesday 19th November, BTCV England Directors (Neil Canham, Sasha Newman, Kate Mackenzie, Kevin Jones, Mark Gibson and Tony Newby) came to Marston Moretaine Sports Field to help with a hedgelaying project. Working as a ...
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Leighton Buzzard Narrow Guage Railway
Our work on Monday 10th November got some local press http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?referral=other&refresh=dE05K19g0kY2&PBID=45e6ca32-5ad8-40bd-8a24-b63d3bff3bd5&skip= (see page 9).An ...
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Rectory Farm 08/11/08
BTCV, with funding from GreenPrints (a government and landfill tax scheme aimed at involving 16-25 yr olds) ran a project day at Rectory Farm (a Forest of Marston Vale site) following on from earlier projects (see previous ...
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A first for BTCV Bedfordshire
Leigton Buzzard Narrow Guage Railway Society has a patch of land next to the railway at Vandyke Curve. This area has huge potential to be wildlife friendly. On 10/11/08 the Weekday Conservation Team went to help them ...
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The challenge
Back when I started this Blog, I challenged my volunteers to take photographs that make me look silly or embarass me. I have had no submissions under this category & have therefore taken the matter into my own hands, as ...
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Rectory Farm 25/10/08
A Forest of Marston Vale (FOMV) site, Rectory farm has a variety of habitats in varying stages of development (the FOMV are planting woodlands). Some woods are newly planted, others are well established. On Saturday 25th ...
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