The last working party took place on 18 July when eight volunteers tackled the re-erection of the noticeboard, clipping back encroaching brambles on the footpaths and removing overhanging branches. The tasks we were unable to do on that occasion were slashing of the Butter Burr on the footpaths and around the pond and strimming in the picnic area.
We hope the noticeboard will suffer no further damage. This needs to be rubbed down and varnished before the winter - any volunteers? Contact number 842968 - Derek Brown.
Report of Roughmoor
Spinney Management Group - 26 April 2010
The
Spinney continues to flourish and the trees planted over the past few years are
now well established. In the last 2 weeks a further 30 slips, donated to a Daventry
School and not needed, had been passed to us and are now planted in the
spinney. Our thanks to Rupert and Jim Gardner for donating the tree guards and
canes and we are also grateful to Jim and Ros Gardner for planting them.
Although
we had a period of dry weather certain areas of the paths are still quite boggy
and we need to remedy this as soon as possible. The pond is choked with silt
and reeds and will probably need to be drained and cleared.
I
regret to report that the noticeboard has once again been vandalised and this time
both oak posts supporting this have been snapped off at ground level. This is
just a senseless wanton act and is a considerable drain on our finances to reinstate.
The board and posts are made in oak wood and the cost alone for supporting
posts kit cost approximately £100 when the board was installed 8 years ago. On
Saturday 17th April 2010 a nearby neighbour heard an almighty crack
in the spinney and went down to investigate. He found 3 youths there and the
noticeboard lying on the ground. The board was then re-erected by the culprits
at his insistence but is now some 24 inches reduced in height. This is now
another task we will have to do to install it properly.
The
10th anniversary celebration of the spinney took place on 2nd
May 2009 with a guided walk around the spinney followed by a full English
breakfast in the village hall. Sixteen sat down to breakfast.
We
have held two working Parties during the last 12 months and both were well attended
by volunteer helpers.
Safety
audits have been carried out quarterly during the past 12 months.
Thanks
to all the volunteers who have given their time to assist in the maintaining of
the spinney for the benefit of residents in the parish.
History of the Spinney
