Bonfire of the brutalities

After East Brighton parkrun, we joined the Friends of Sheepcote Valley and East Brighton Park to clear more scrub. It looks brutal but the hawthorn and blackthorn has taken over and we want to return the Valley to chalk grassland where sheep can graze. A few weeks ago, we chopped lots of it down and today, it was time to 'pop' some more at the roots, chop the branches into smaller pieces and burn it out of existence! After three hours, including a quick break for tea and chocolate chip muffins, we'd built a bonfire to be proud of and it was time to burn, baby burn!