AWAY WEEKEND – 19/20/21 FEBRUARY 2010
THE WASH NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE (Natural England)
For those volunteering all weekend, we travel to the site on Friday evening.
But you are welcome to join us just for the Saturday and/or Sunday. Please
let the leader, Nick, know as soon as possible if you are interested in
coming on this away weekend. We need numbers for accommodation and catering,
and so we can try to arrange lift sharing.
The project
We will be hedge laying along the edge of a field within The Wash National
Nature Reserve, Kirton Marsh. The hedge is approximately 80 metres long and
we will be coppicing additional growth alongside the hedge. We will train
you if you haven’t had a go at hedge laying before.
Accommodation
If you are staying one or both nights: the accommodation for the weekend is
in the downstairs part of the RSPB office at Roads Farm. It is warm and dry,
and we will be sleeping on the floor in the lounge area and the meeting
room. You will need to bring an air bed, camp bed, folding mattress or
similar and a sleeping bag. The meeting room is carpeted but the lounge area
has quarry tiles so bringing a rug would help.
There is a kitchen. We will be buy food as a group, sharing the costs
between us. We make sandwiches each day for lunch and have cereal and toast
for breakfast. We cook a meal together on Saturday evening but we assume you
will have eaten a meal before arriving on Friday evening (or the local pub
is nearby). You will also need to bring cutlery, bowl, plate and mug.
There are two toilets, one inside and one outside (with electric light) and
two sinks with hot water for washing. We will try to rig up a shower fitting
on the bath. Please take indoor footwear, eg slippers, so as not to walk mud
and dirt into the building. The pub is in Frampton and looks good. It is 1.4
miles from the accommodation to the pub.
Where to meet for Lincoln Conservation Group’s away weekend
Accommodation: Roads Farm (Grid Ref TF 351 389), just outside (1.4 miles) of
Frampton village and a mile from the RSPB Frampton Reserve visitor
facilities.
Work site: It is the first field inland from the seabank,
with the salt marsh the other side of the seabank. There is easy access from
the small car park beside the field we are working in just down the road
from a house called Marine Villa. The Grid Reference of the Car Park is TF
351 358
Who to contact
Contact Nick on 07812 522418
Other information
We will be meeting at the site at 9.45am both days and working through till
about 4pm.We supply tea, coffee and biscuits but if you are only coming for
the day you need to bring your own lunch and soft drinks.
Wear old clothes and sturdy footwear. We supply tools, gloves, safety
goggles but bring your own gloves and safey goggles if you have them
If you don’t have transport we can arrange a lift with other volunteers.
You have to be 16 years or over to volunteer with us. You should also have
had a tetanus vaccination.