What's Going On?
The summer has rushed upon us and planning for next season is well underway. We've been building a base for the group, processing last seasons timber and attending the TIMBER festival.
As always it's been a busy time, not just for the usual business, but we have lots of enquiries regarding what we do and how we might fit or work with other groups and activities.
Our relationship with the National Forest team continues to open doors and provides opportunities. Working with the National Forest YHA being a great recent example of this.
We have again been successful in securing a woodland management grant for continued work at Woodcote and have secured a woodland enterprise grant from the NFC for the purchase of a winch to assist with problem tree management.
Kevin
What's Going On?
After the busiest season we have experienced as a group I'm pleased to say we have achieved everything we set out to do. The growth of the group has been steady, welcoming many new members during the season with the taster day being a particular success. The work in the woods has been tough at times with ever larger tress to deal with. This has brought with it challenges, but the learning and experience will be invaluable for the future.
As with life in general there's never enough time to sit back and congratulate ourselves. On the last day of the season I had a number of members asking when the new season dates would be out! At the time it seemed like a long way away to plan those, but actually we have made a great start so dates will be out earlier than previous seasons. We will keep you updated via these newsletters.
You will also see more planning for the spring and summer, plus setting ourselves up financially for another season. So as usual there is plenty to do and thankfully members keen to get involved. Don't hesitate to contact me or the committee if you would like to get more involved.
Kevin
What's Going On?
A great deal is the answer to "what's going on". You will see from the content of this month's newsletter that the work continues, the number of members in the group is growing, we've had some fantastic publicity and there is lots to look forward to.
For the first time we are "advertising" roles within the group. This is a great step forward as there is very little known about the skills and experience of the members, never mind what they would like to do within the group, so please contact the committee if you are interested in the roles or any other aspect of the group.
Next month's newsletter will have a summary of the season, not only from a member perspective, but from the people we have been working with.
I hope you enjoy reading about what's happening, don't hesitate to drop me a line with feedback on any aspect of the group.
Kevin
What's Going On?
I can't believe the endow another season is already in sight with a record number of sessions already behind us. Fortunately the weather has been with us so far, with the increased number of sessions proving ever popular with the members.
Graham has continued to carry out invaluable work in planning what we do, where we do it and how we achieve the overall objectives in the wood. Of course there remains an overriding objective to ensure we all get the logs we work so hard for, the by product being excellent quality woodland management in line with the expectations of the Woodland Trust.
Every month is busy, but the weeks since Christmas have been packed with activity. A huge amount of work carried out on ride-edge clearing, tracks cut into the woods for extraction, management of a number of difficult larger trees and a steady progression through the compartments. Thank you everyone for the continued hard work.
Lots also going on around the development of the group and membership growth. Plenty to read about in the articles below.
Don't forget to regularly check the booking system as dates are being added
Kevin