A landscape history lecture for the area around the River Dee catchment area from South Cheshire and the border with Wales and Shropshire. A touch further south than the field, but still an insightful talk on an area with interesting landscape that I've spent a good few years exploring.
Afterwards, a good chat with some of the Society members regarding the more immediate landscape around Holt and Farndon. Modern geophysics techniques have been utilised including magnetometry and Lidar maps - as well as field walks. Access cooperation with local landowners around Holt Castle is being looked into, hopefully an area I can help with regarding the field.
Whilst planting the trees recently, the west half of the field which appears slightly higher, has around 6 to 8 inches of silt / soil deposit beneath the present turf, but above a previous grass level. There is also the lump of sandstone to drop off with the museum that was in the ground near the junction of two tracks on the field boundary.
Another couple of frosty nights, but still the leaves are on a few trees - particularly the quince.
Quite a bit of time levelling and mulching around the fruit trees and fitting commercial grade amenity tree-ties to the stakes, then some time back at home looking after the landscape machinery.
A couple of visitors, looking at the trees as well as the wider landscape.
Also noticed increased Police visibility lately, on both the English and Welsh sides of the River. Hopefully this will reduce some of the random anti-social activities in the area.
Unfortunately in one corner of the field an entire wing, of either a tawny owl or pheasant?
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| From Meadowcopse 2011 |
A bit of time back at the day job, hopefully seasonal river flooding will hold off long enough for more groundwork, fencing and hedging during my next spell off - if the river level stays consistently low I might chance another spell camping before the year ends too...
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