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March 2020 - Final session for the season on this project and another awesome effort!

Finishing the project (for the season) on another massive high!
In spite of a rather breezy and showery day, we still had 16 volunteers putting an incredible 71 hours into our heathland restoration project.

We were privileged to have an impromptu visit  from Will, the Dorset Council Ranger responsible for the Castleman Trailway who was walking the entire 16.5 mile route .... on his day off!   He resisted the temptation to spend the rest of the day with us, but we were able to send him on his way with a refilled water bottle and some homemade flapjack.

Credit for the majority of these photos - Mary Lambert
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An impromptu shelter was rigged up to cope with the heavy showers.  The first outing for a donated tarp, which appears to have been used to cover submarines in a previous life!  It was huge........     We probably need to refine our shelter building skills!
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The catering department have been showing off, attempting a new dish this month!   Eggy bread, bonfire style.....   
Delicious....
Massive thanks to one of our key supports and sponsors La Fosse at Cranborne Restaurant with Rooms who not only sent Mark, Amelie and Fudge along to help, but also donated all the eggs for the task.   Please support them and all our local business sponsors if you are able.
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The fire site on the edge of the project area.   We managed to use the same fire location for the entire season to minimise the impact on the heathland habitat.   This did mean quite a lot of dragging though, all done by our mostly non complaining team of volunteers. 
​The remaining ash will be cleared back into the plantation to minimise the nutrients going back into the soil.
In October when we return we will tackle both Sites A & B from the main track, establishing a new fire site and minimising the impact.
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