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The Friends have recently set up a practical tasks group - if you are interested in helping please contact us at tasks@judywoods.org.uk
The group is now meeting regularly each Wednesday and is clearing the stream and hard to access parts of the wood of rubbish. Lighter tasks include litter picking. Dry stone walling training is planned for later in the year. This year our group has grown and new members are always welcome
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| We felt there was a need for some extra posts in the marked trail where the next one wasn't all that obvious. Three more have gone in today assisted by every man, woman and their dog. |
| Taking advantage of the gentle winter weather, the bridge at the bottom of the steps at the Woodside end of Royds Hall Great Wood receives some TLC from the PTG. |
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The group continues to meet each Wednesday to litter pick and attend to any tasks in the woods. Today they despatched a large tree which had fallen into the beck from John Wood - the woodland on the far side of the beck near Station Road bordering Norwood Green. Here we seen Norman wielding his saw.
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Mark from Bradford Council gives a lesson in extreme motor mechanics on this burnt out scooter found in the beck in Judy Woods.
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The team adds to their evergrowing collection of rubbish from the woods
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Litter Busters Norman, Colin, Kevin and John survey one week's haul of rubbish.
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What, no "Caution wet floor" sign?
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John has 'bin' clearing up
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At long last we got the marker posts installed in Royds Hall Great Wood. 25 posts done in one day by 14 very enthusiastic people. Thanks to all involved, especially John Reily who co-ordinated it all.
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Thanks to the PTG and friends from Santander who tackled the drainage problems at Judy Bridge on June 10th 2009
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The team on Monday morning about to start the litter pick-up and stream cleaning.
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Here are some new steps on the bank to help those crossing the beck by the new stepping stones.
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Thanks to a Grass Roots grant of £825 via Cnet (Bradford & District Community Empowerment Network Ltd) we have been able to buy equipment and protective clothing for our Task Group members. Here's the new sack cart in use (above).
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A new venture this
year, was an autumn clean up. We were disappointed that more people didn't
turn up to help, but it was a very cold day!. Stuart Tordoff
organised us again and we were very grateful for the help of Mark and Andy from
Bradford Council and also help from some of the Friends and people from the
Environment Agency.
We cleared the stream from the Woodside end which was not reached in the spring clean up and did a
litter pick at the Wyke end of the woods. Mark and Andy also tackled the
fly tipping over the wall on Station Road. As usual the skip was filled.
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"Where does it all come from?" wonder Brian & John of the Friends and Mark & Andy of Bradford Council.
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The "A-Team" from CIBA
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This year's spring clean-up was co-ordinated by Stuart Tordoff with help from the Friends of Judy Woods, Bradford Council and a Community Challenge project from CIBA. Two large skips were filled with rubbish pulled from the beck and a litter pick was done at the same time.
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Mark and Andy from Bradford Council
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Staff from Environmental Agency and Royds
Environmental Warden Scheme helped clean up the beck - taking out two big skips
worth, including numerous tyres, bikes, a wheelie bin and other such rubbish!
Members of The Friends of Judy Woods led staff and children from Hill Top
Primary on a litter pick, to collect the bits of rubbish that visitors leave in
the woods.
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Staff from the Environment Agency with some of the
rubbish that they collected from the beck.
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Staff and children from Hilltop Primary School helped collect litter.
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Volunteers helped pull up vast quantities of
Himalayan Balsam, which is an invasive weed that we are trying to stop tacking
over the woods!
If you are interested in any future tasks, then please
come along. Wear appropriate outdoor footwear and clothing, if you
require either or both of these and/or any further info, then please email tasks@judywoods.org.uk
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