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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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Work has continued each week throughout the so called spring, and many paths and drainage ditches have been attended to and bags of litter collected and larger items of rubbish cleared. Thanks to help from members of Ian Butterfield's B.E.A.T. team we have been able to re-lay the stepping stones across into Jagger Park Wood near the turn in the red marker trail. As you can see it was heavy work.
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If you use the Access Path from Station Road into Doctor Wood then you should have noticed a difference over the past few weeks following our whips removable project. Lots of beech whips (small unbranched saplings) have self seeded themselves and are making it difficult for other species to grow in the shade under the mature trees, so we have been removing them. You may have noticed small piles of them mounting up. Some are left to rot down and provide habitat but others are regularly collected by Ian Butterfield from the Forest of Bradford to re-plant them in woods which need beech trees!
See our before and after pictures. |
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Despite the snow and rain the PTG continue to get good number each Wednesday. We're continuing to upgrade footpaths and the council supports us with deliveries of hardcore and wooden planks and supports. John helped push Mark from the council's van out of the mud recently and here's the thanks he got!
Sadly the two dog poo bins installed before Christmas have been vandalised but we are looking into more robust alternatives. |
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The steps leading from the stile into Low Wood at the far end of Station Road have been in need of repair for some years. The task group have been working on them for a couple of weeks and have now made these significant improvements.
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John Norman and Tony are unblocking a culvert at the junction of High Fernley Road and Royds Hall Lane
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Ray (with dog) and Chris put the finishing touches to steps on a new path
that has been created by the PTG to avoid a big patch of mud on the red
marker trail (between posts 22 and 23).
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After this years wet summer the "lake" has re-appeared in Low Wood at the bottom of High Fernley Road. You can see how deep it was by the handle of the spade. Our Task Group soon sorted it and it drained off - we hope!
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The Judy Woods Tasks group has continued to meet each week throughout the summer and one of the jobs they have been tackling is the red marker route that runs through Royds Hall Great Wood. The undergrowth and tree boughs have been trimmed back and some stones put to assist passage where the ground was boggy. Look what they found under years accumulations of leaves! A series of steps and laid stone path.
Keep up the good work - we know it is much appreciated by lots of people who use the woods.
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The PTG has continued to meet throughout this so called summer period and have continued with balsam bashing down by the bridge. Today by way of a change they tackled the undergrowth at either side of our Tinkers Trail path. You can certainly see the difference after their efforts. Thanks team!
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Thanks to Stuart for refurbishing the old council notice board at Meadway - you can now see the notices through the perspex!. |
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"As the church in Wyke tolls the end of day, Geoff and Norman wend home their weary way" |
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Still the rain comes! Thanks to remedial work by our Practical Task Group High Fernley Road looks a lot less muddy than we would have expected, but just look over the wall - we have a new lake.
The judicious moving of a few stones in the small stream in the top field, resulted in the torrent coming into Judy's Field being confined within the the outlet to the right.
If you go down to the woods today wellies are definitely in order
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Linda and Carol caught in action pulling up beech saplings (whips).
We have far too many in Judy Woods and these will go to Ian Butterfield of The Forest of Bradford to be re-planted in a "beechless" wood!
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You may spot our smart new FOJW beanie hats in today's photos.
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Brian tamps down the gravel. Tony goes for another load whilst Norman takes a well earned rest on the steps down to Judy Bridge
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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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