At the risk of boring Members
24 Members, aspirants and guests turned out on Sunday 14th January for Keep Fit and were split into two parties, one clearing the land around the gravestones at the top of the Jones Valley Trail and the other, larger, party continuing the work at the Dow Hill Fort.
There were advantages and disadvantages to so many. The person responsible for water (who will remain nameless) failed to estimate the amount required and there were insufficient tools and nowhere near enough gloves so the thorns got their revenge but as one of the two Keep Fit mottos says “If you are not bleeding, you haven’t been working hard enough”. For those who may be curious, the other motto is “Naturalis historiae conservare destruentes” Please apply for a translation.
The positive side to such large numbers is that there are plenty of clearers for the foliage cut down by the chainsaws and loppers and vastly more work is done plus it looks good that the Tot Club is doing something useful although the Treasurer is complaining about the size of the bar bill and the repairs to the now aging Tot Club tools.
The smaller party working on the Jones Valley graves appear to have lacked a photographer so only the Dow Hill Fort party get the lime light this week.
