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Exciting extracts from 'A Brief History of Leire - Part II' by the Leire History Group.
10th November - details of our talk to Leire Council.

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HAIL, SUN AND SLIPPERY SLOPES.

13th April 2008.

Things started well until we saw the task for the day - clearing (more) Hawthorn from the slopes about half way down the walk.

With lots of enthusiasm we adopted the "We have a plan - start at the top and work your way down - it's easy" advice.

Whilst Matthew and Graham started on a bit already cleared, Jill and I battled halfway up a dense patch. (Ron and Trudie doing excellent work starting and stoking the fire.)

(Above) Matthew and Graham on the easy bit - Jill and I are somewhere in the thicket in the background.

Clearing was going well until we realised we couldn't get down. We had to hack our way through the cut stuff just to get our sandwiches.

To make things even more treacherous we got hit by a huge hailstorm. The slopes became rivers of running mud.

The sun did come out however and shone strongly on the cleared areas.
This highlighted the huge numbers of Cowslips and Violets we had exposed that blossomed even as we watched.

Proof indeed that we were making a positive difference, even if we did all go home with wet bottoms.

Goto the Gallery - 13th April 2008 for more pictures from today or start looking at the Video collection.

Highlights of the previous sessions that I have not been keeping up with on this site.

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