Post Christmas Workout

On 29th December eleven of us braved cold, wind and a mainly cloudy day to work off some Christmas excess. Work had been done on several rows of the ‘old bloc’ of trees and piles of wands and prunings lay around to be dragged into piles for burning.

The idea of bonfires was energising and there were new members of the group including some Christmas family visitors who agreed that a day out in the fresh air was what they needed.

Soon a nice fire was burning and, with so much stuff to get rid off a second bonfire was started.

Phew!  It's hot work - how about a break?

At mid-day we took a pause for some really excellent soup provided by two of the group and heated up on a small stove in the shelter of the shed.

 Then it was back to work again.

Apart from a couple of showers, the weather 

remained calm all day.

 Among the nut trees there are some interesting fungi,
 including this ‘fairy ring’ with fungi the size of plates!
 Does it bring good luck to stand inside the circle?

Work stopped at around 3pm and most of the group met again in The Plough.

By 3.30 all that was left of the two bonfires were small piles of glowing ash and embers.