A selection of
photographs taken of the second Community Work Day,
organised by the Northmoor Trust, at Thrupp Lake.
A perfect day for some conservation work
while enjoying the sunshine and fresh air down by the
lake, but work did not progress smoothly due to a number
of interruptions...
Picnic by
the Lake at the end of a morning's work.
During
the afternoon, MP and Lib Dem parliamentary candidate
for this constituency, Dr Evan Harris, made a surprise
visit to see for himself what progress was being made.
Here he is with Melati Granucci (left) and Cllr Julie
Mayhew-Archer (right).
"I
think I'll have to make some cuts here."
L-R: Roger Thomas, Colin Galloway, Melati Granucci,
Evan Harris (wielding loppers) and Julie Mayhew-Archer.
"Working"
party: (L-R) Bob Eeles, Michael Bloom, Roger Thomas,
Evan Harris (now in his shirt sleeves) Peter Harbour,
Jo Cartmell, Lynda Pasquire and Mike Rogers of the
Northmoor Trust.
Getting
stuck in, Evan Harris (left) helps Michael Bloom tackle
a thorny issue, that of pulling down the bramble enshrouded
fence around the tennis court.
"If
we all pull together, we might be able to sort out
this tangled mess. If only politics were as straightforward..."
... but
work on the tennis court had to be abandoned when
birds' nests were discovered amongst the brambles.
This one is a blue-tits' nest.
Then a family
of Greylag geese moved onto the site to have
their lunch at the same spot where we had
been picnicing just an hour or so earlier. While the
female tended the recently hatched goslings, the gander
(right) stood attentively on guard throughout.
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