 | The first project was to collect litter in the Cutting and reinstate the
area of bluebell woods dug up to the south of Thornhill Drive which had been
made into a bike track with ramps. Jack Foster, the Kirkstall Valley Ranger,
kindly continued this work with a group of Community Service workers. |
| The next project on 27th October 2002 was a litter pick in Wood Lane and around
Church School. There was a good turn out considering the persistent rain —
mountains
of rubbish and glass were taken away — thanks to everyone for working so
hard on such a wet day. |
| On the 2nd and 29th March 2003, clearups of the Fagley Beck area took
place. A tremendous amount of rubbish was removed, including a supermarket
trolley (see the picture in the Gallery). |
| On
2nd May 2003, a further clear up of Wood Lane and Thornhill Drive took
place, around Calverley Church of
England School.
The weather was kind and some extremely interesting articles of
litter were uncovered, including a full bottle of Cinzano and a single
walking boot! |
| A
Committee Meeting was held on 6th May 2003 at Calverley Conservative Club.
On arrival, a tree opposite the club had been set alight by local youths -
this required the local fire brigade to be called out to deal with the fire
- an interesting start to proceedings. |
| Friends of Calverley Woods supported the Tree Council's Walk in the
Woods, sponsored by Center Parcs, by organising a guided woodland walk and
talk on Sunday 18th May, led by Jack Foster (Kirkstall Valley Ranger) and Brian Bottomley of the RSPB.
The many people who took part enjoyed a pleasant and informative walk, and
also received a Flower Guide and Bluebell Information booklet supplied by
Plantlife. FoCW intend to take part in a Bluebell survey being arranged by
Plantlife. For more information, visit The
Tree Council Walk in The Woods and the Plantlife
web pages. |
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
Justin Williamson, a representative of the Forestry Department of Leeds City
Council walked the Woods with some members on 17th March 2003. Justin provided
useful advice on ways of maintaining and improving the Wood which will be
invaluable when the lease is agreed.
VOLUNTEER WORK DAYS
Walling — Recently a few dedicated volunteers (or crazy people…)
repaired one of the stone walls at the top of the cutting on a snowy day… There
was a lot of coffee flowing and standards were relaxed a little as we re-built a
section of wall in between two horrible leaning walls.
Balsam Bashing — last year we began this project i.e. to control this
weed which is encroaching on the Bluebell Woods. Just by harming the leaves,
stops its growth, so it is quite a light job to do—but one of great value. Look
around—each year it takes over new areas—see schedule of dates and come and join
the fun.
Litter-picking/Fencing — we still have some fencing to complete and
unfortunately will always have rubbish to clear up—it is quite bad again around
Calverley C of E School. We now have our own litter-picking tools—so check out
the dates below and check out our new equipment.
