Nia, Val and Abby joined the friends of nore barn woods in their monthly conservation activities on a beautiful saturday morning.

The team split and worked in three different teams. Val was working on building a boardwalk out of reclaimed branches for the super muddy path in the north of the woods. Nia joined the team in raking all the debris off the paths that the recent storms had brought in and Abby was having a mud bath assisting with digging a trench to help divert future flood water away from the paths the public use. At the end of the task I am proud to say I had earnt the label 50 shades of clay!

We worked hard all morning and treated ourselves to a well deserved lovely lunch in Emsworth.

It was lovely to welcome new GoodGymer Grace at a new venture for GoodGym. We joined the Friends of Nore Barn Woods to help maintain this precious area of ancient woodland in Emsworth.

We cut back the invasive brambles and transported logs for edging pathways.

We were given a really friendly welcome by the other volunteers and we'll definitely return again next month.