A general tidy up today at Manor Valley Woods. Our group split into several smaller teams and tackled the brambles in the new and old orchards, and cleared the path up to the rabbit field.

A wide selection of tools was employed - shears, garden fork .. and loppers.

We finished with one of the last bottles of MVW apple juice

A short session for some of us today, due to the last of the hot weather. Kudos to Dushyant for arriving early and getting stuck in right away.

The task was to clear pathways around the orchard trees to facilitate access and in preparation for fruit picking later in the year. Following that, there was time to clear pathways up to the rabbit field - and to sample some of the early blackberries.

We finished with some locally sourced apple juice - as is the Manor Woods custom.