2020 - Due to the Covid-19 situation, very little was able to be done apart from some strimming of the Shropshire Way. Hopefully 2021 will enable us to do lot more...
2019
Activity Log:
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final P3 working party of the 2019 was held on the 8th
October when the Path from Church Lane to the back of
Providence Grange was given a final strim and bramble
clearance, ready for the winter. Thankyou to all
those who have helped in any way during our fourth
season. Next year's dates will become available
around Eastertime 2020, ready for the new growing
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September 2019: The weather has interrupted work
sessions on several occasions over these two
months. However we have been able to keep the
paths in reasonable condition. We may have to
extend the period we work through (again weather
permitting) in order to clear things up ready for
winter. |
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| July
2019: We have held sessions which have
concentrated in reducing the vegetaion on the Shropshire
Way within the village, but on July 2nd we went to the
Shropshire Way near the Hardwick Stables to clear the
route though some very dense undergrowth. The
picture shows the work going on and just how dense and
tall the undergrowth was! |
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| May
2019: The first session was curtailed by a nasty
hailstorm. We managed to clear vegetation
encroaching the Shropshire Way section behind
Chapel road before the rain hit us! |
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| February
2019: Not the work of the P3 Group, but
Sansaw Estate have provided and laid some stone to
provide a good surface for walking on. It needs to
be compressed, to harden the surface and perhaps even a
top dressing put on it. Plans are afoot.... |
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| November
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December 2018: We have been putting in
the wooden edge boards in preparation for the membrane
and stone. The path will be "rural" in nature and
hence not to motorway standards - as neil says "
designed wiggly"! We have now finished the edging
- then it will be the really hard work!! |
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| 22/23 October 2018: We
began the construction of the all-weather section of the
footpath started a while ago. Due to the
generousity of Hadnall Parish Council and Sansaw Estate
we now have the where-with-all to build the path
over the muddy section. The first task was to get
a digger to excavate the base for the stone (it was too
far to consider digging by hand!) Darren Lewis
provided a suitable digger which could just squeeze
through the kissing gate. The whole "trench" has
now been completed, ready for the timber edging and
membane to be put in before the stone. |
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| 18th
September 2018: The final session of the
year - a final tidying of the Shropshire Way. |
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| 5th September 2018: A new
afternoon's work for the group - 4 set off from the
|Village Hall to walk to Haston to work on the footpath
that runs between Haston lane and Wood Road. The
stiles were replaced a couple of years ago and so were
all in tip-top condition, but needed work with the
secateurs to clear then of brambles and nettles.
The return journey via Station Road was a very pleasant
walk in the warm sunshine! |
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| 21 August 2018: For a
change, we decided to tackle the brambles, nettles etc
down theside s of Haston lane as far as the railway
bridge. This is not one of our paths but we know a
number of families go riding along the lane and there
were lots of sharp branches which could catch the
unwary. Indeed three members of a family came
riding by as we were working! |
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| 8th August 2018: The weather was
due to be hot in the afternoon, so we changed the timing
to 9am which was more tolerable! The group split
into two - some working by the back of the Estate Office
to clear the Shropshire Way there whilst the rest cleaed
local growth or strimmed the path between the big field
and the path behind the Chapel Road estate. The
early morning working meant more walkers trying to bet
past us than we normally see. |
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| 24th
July 2018: Session cancelled due to
weather! |
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| 8th July 2018 - two groups
tackled different areas. One group went up to the
area behind the Estate Office and cleared the Shropshire
Way, whilst another strimmed and cleared the "middle"
field path behind Chapel Road. |
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| 26th
June 2018 - session cancelled due to heatwave (30
degrees!) |
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| 13/14th June 2018: There
were only three volunteers this week due to a clash with
another village group. We worked mainly on the
Shropshire Way, but did not manage to complete the
strimming of the path behind Chapel Road due to a
technical hitch. The vegetation had grown to
almost head high in places and was getting very hard to
easily pass through it. The Playgroup use this
route and they called it a "Jungle Walk". The
plants would have been well above the "smalls" heads! Went back the next day and finished off the strimming all the way through to the field. |
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| 29th May 2018: Four hardy souls
cleared the footpath from Ladymas Road through the back
of Providence Grange to the field beyond at ground level
and at head level. |
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| 16th
May 2018: Five volunteers continued
attacking the bamboo and cleared the path to the Ease
and we also strimmed a path through to the open
space. We need a bonfire to clear the pile of
debris!! We have begun the process of putting a bid in to the Parish Council for money to continue with the path that we started last year. Hopefully that will come through soon and we can re-start the project |
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1st May 2018:
Six volunteers made a start to the new season with
pairs working in Church Field, on Hadnall Bank and
behind Chapel Road. So far the growth is not
significant, but starting now means we have it under
control. The bamboo by the Ease was attacked and
will need further hard graft to reduce its spreading
growth. The holly in the Ease needs cutting back
as it over-growing the fence, but may have to be left
until after the nesting season.
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| We
achieved a bit more path construction and have now
reached about 13m along the way Underlay has been
kindly supplied by the Bowling Club, but we have now run
out of wood for the edging. There is only a small
amount of stone left so not much more progress can be
made until more funds become available . In addition a path was cut from the entrance of the The Ease onto the field so that walkers can can get onto the cut area from the layby. This will be of particular help to dog walkers who can't go through the Ease. It takes a lot of time to keep the Shropshire Way clear for walkers, but other paths in the parish can also be cleared if a need arises. |
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| Tuesday 4th July: 7 hardy workers
this time, engaged in laying a bit more path. We
have laid about 10 yards now and have run out of wood
and fabric underlay. There is still a bit more
stone to lay. The path was also stimmed clear to
the far field so that you can walk along and not get wet
legs if it has been raining. It will probably need
to be done again when we meet in two weeks, though! We had a real treat afterwards when Anna turned up with ice-creams for us. They were very much appreciated, thanks! |
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| Wednesday 21st June: We tried an
experiment of having a working party on a Wednesday
rather than the usual Tuesday, however it still didn't
suit everyone, so a compromise is now planned,
alternating Tuesday sessions with one on a Wednesday
will give more folk an opportunity to contribute.
The website will be the best place to keep a track of
when sessions will take place. The most recent session saw a few hardy folk (- it was warm and muggy!) do some thistle and nettle clearing whilst others worked on laying a short section of path along the Shropshire Way. Some materials for the path became available, so it was decided to start the construction to show what can be achieved. It is hoped to eventually extend the path to about about 120m, so that walking in the winter is possible and safer! However more materials and digger are needed to get that done! |
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| 26th September Five
group members spent the day with fellow P3 and
Healthy Walking Groups at the Annual Shropshire
Celebration Day. Some went on a fungi Foray
and learned about various aspects of wild fungi,
one went for a walk over and around the Cliffe and
one went for a guided walk around part of the
Nesscliffe Training Camp, looking at the old
Shropshire and Montgomery Railway and some of the
old WW2 ammunition bunkers on the site. The
day proved to be rather damp, but lunch was
provided in Nesscliffe Village Hall and we were
updated with aspects of Shropshire Outdoor
provision and an amusing talk about
Shropshire Folklore.
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 The gang hard at work at the first working party and then enjoying a very welcome drinks break provided by a kind local resident. |
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 The first working Party worked at the back of the Chapel Road estate, clearing the path and cutting back the overhanging branches At a subsequent working party, the path across Church Field was strimmed to give a nettle/thistle free path. |
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