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A cattle trough and rhododendrons at Hare Hill

March 22, 2015 by Julian

The National Trust site of Hare Hill has an extensive Victorian culvert system which we have helped to maintain in the past.  The culvert system feeds into a cattle trough, and a couple of years ago we lent a hand with its restoration (it had previously lain forgotten for several decades).  It has silted up again since then, so today some of us joined forces with the Manchester National Trust Volunteers to clear out the mud and patch up some of the pond again.  There was a good crowd of volunteers out so, meanwhile, others worked on removing invasive rhododendron from a wooded embankment nearby.  A fine day in the spring sunshine!

Getting started on the cattle pond 1
Getting started on the cattle pond 1
Getting started on the cattle pond 2
Getting started on the cattle pond 2
Bucket and mud 1
Bucket and mud 1
Bucket and mud 2
Bucket and mud 2
Having cleared most of the cattle pond 1
Having cleared most of the cattle pond 1
Having cleared most of the cattle pond 2
Having cleared most of the cattle pond 2
Having cleared most of the cattle pond 3
Having cleared most of the cattle pond 3
Water running into the pond
Water running into the pond
The finishing touches
The finishing touches
The finished cattle pond
The finished cattle pond
Volunteers and the finished cattle pond
Volunteers and the finished cattle pond
The cleared rhododendrons 1
The cleared rhododendrons 1
The cleared rhododendrons 2
The cleared rhododendrons 2

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