The day started off very wet. Though once we were briefed and started to get on with the job we realised the sun was popping out and thankfully it stayed that way :)
The technique we were taught was to cut (with a bow saw) ...
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Blood, Sweat, and no tears!
Back in Belhaven on Thursday, we continued working on the new footpath that we started earlier in the week. This was a lot of work but luckily we also had the East Lothian lot to help us as well.
This was Lesley's last ...
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Dunbar Belhaven Hospital
We returned to the site in sunny Belhaven
Our job was to start constructing more ("yes more") wheelchair accessible paths
around their future pumpkin patch.
More timber edges were placed and thoughtfully pegged into ...
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River Almond
On Thursday we continued the work at River Almond by tidying up the piles of wood we cut down last week and chopping down new trees. The reason we were tidying up the piles was to create habitats for invertebrates. We managed ...
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Beecraigs Country Park – path laying
On Wednesday last week we continued laying path at Beecraigs Country Park. The footpaths through the woodland had become muddy so the midweek groups have been working on surfacing them. As the hardcore was at the bottom of ...
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