However for once I haven't laid a finger. Some of the inmates of HMP Kirkham worked in the wood one day last week and have done an excellent job so many thanks to them.
They have agreed to return next week where 8 tonnes of hard core and 100m of 8x1 wood planks await them. This will hopefully finish off phase 1 of the paths.
Over the past couple of weeks I have done a lot of general tidying throughout the wood. Due to the recent high winds many dead branches have been blown down and so have now been added to the brash stacks.
The snow drops, daffodils and blue bells have all shot up over the past 2 weeks and I am expecting an early bloom this year.
This afternoon I decided to trim the hedging at the front of the wood and whilst doing so I came across an empty cat food tin. Upon picking it up I observed another one and then another. In all I picked up 78 empty cat food tins!! We did experience this problem early last year and also found blocks of cat food strategically placed. We thought it may be someone perhaps feeding hedgehogs and then discarding the tins by throwing them in the wood. Well the phantom cat food tin person has certainly returned with out a doubt! The police were informed last time it kept happening and promised to take appropriate action if the culprit was caught. If anyone observes this person throwing litter in the wood please get their car registration number if they are in a car (which I suspect that this person is) and let either me or the local police know. The following photo shows the empty tins plus some additional rubbish!
