Workday leader David reports:
SSNTV members are a hardy lot!
There was a big turnout on a grim weather day with fog, low cloud, drizzle, rain and cold temperatures. After all of the recent rainfall the conditions were very muddy, but we just kept on going, with the work keeping us warm and the fire to dry us off.
We continued our work from a month ago at Stretton Westwood quarry opening up the route for a new path to be created. Working alongside Al and Kate, who provided plenty of big trees to process, we felled others and cleared the rampant bramble undergrowth.
During a break in the work, Kate helped a few people to find some great fossils in the 400 million year old Silurian limestone rocks that were formed when the area was a coral reef in a shallow tropical sea. Could have done with some of that tropical weather on Sunday!
Despite the weather we made a real impact on the path route and look forward to seeing it in use in the not too distant future.
Shropshire and Staffordshire National Trust Volunteers 