Just a quick note to let you all know that we have now set provisional dates for the volunteer days for the rest of 2018. They are:
Saturday 19 May, Saturday 2 June, Saturday 7 July, Saturday 11 August, Saturday 1 September, Saturday 6 October, Sunday 4 November, Saturday 8 December
As in previous years, meet on the top of Narroways Hill by the bench at 10:30 am. See you there, repeatedly we hope!
Here are the minutes of our meeting on 17 September 2018.
Here are the minutes of our meeting on 6 August 2018.
A good, productive volunteer day on the hill today, 7 July. We started an hour earlier than usual to try to avoid the heat (that didn’t really work!) and spent a couple of hours clearing the invasive everlasting pea, and collecting several bags of rubbish, including a garage door and a duvet. We also found this:
A good day for wildlife too – a plethora of marbled white butterflies, and the usual sightings of speckled woods, meadow browns and commas. Also saw a hummingbird hawk moth on the top of the hill (no photo, they move too fast!)
Thanks to everyone who came, and especially to Jon for organising the day. Job well done!
Here are the minutes of our meeting on 2 July 2018.
Here are the minutes of our meeting on 4 June 2018.
Here are the minutes of our meeting on 30 April 2018.
Here are the minutes of the Narroways meeting that took place on Monday 13 November 2017 at the Miner’s Arms, Mina Road:
Generally, our decision to close the site and raise awareness of the problems of damage and litter caused by large fireworks parties was a qualified success.
While parties still occurred on both nights, they were smaller in numbers of attendees than in previous years, and some at least of those who attended made efforts to clear up afterwards.
Many thanks go in particular to trustees Naomi, Jerome and Kathryn for organising the banners announcing the closure of the site, locking and unlocking the gates, and talking to partygoers to explain the reasons for the closure. A job well done!
Thanks are also due to all the volunteers who turned out on Sunday and Monday to clean up the remaining mess – a good job well done.
Photos below of the cleanup efforts on Monday. As you can see, despite the relative success of the closure, there was still quite a lot of trampling damage to the grassland, and a significant amount of rubbish left to clear up.
The Trustees have decided to close the site to the public overnight on Saturday 4 November/Sunday 5 November.
This is to prevent the damage, disturbance and litter caused by large firework parties held on the hill.
We hope you understand.
Here are a couple of examples of what we’ve had to deal with in past years:
Guy
Narroways Trustee
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