June 2010 - September 2010
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• Saturday 29th May to Saturday 5th June –
Countisbury, Devon
Our bi-annual holiday strikes again.
Please send full payment of £60.00 to cover 3 nights rent
(4 nights free for working 3 days) and a share of the food.
Supplementary food costs will be shared during the week.
Jonathon says, “We will hopefully be doing some coast path repair.
Resurfacing, possible renewing some steps
and redoing a little bit of fence line
and replacing a stile with a bridle gate at a place called Bennets Mouth
which is a lovely secluded little cove near Bull Point”
I have some volunteers to help with food but if you have a specialty dish for one evening
please let me know and we will add it to the virtual menu!
Contact: Trudie Jacobs
• Saturday 12th June –
Nymans Plays –
Harp Concert, Staplefield
If you can get there for briefing and sandwiches at 5p.m.
for doors open at 6p.m.
Varying tasks as usual but the starting times have been moved to
allow clearing the public from the garden while there is still some light.
The Harp concert at Staplefield is a fund raising event for the local church
but stewards will be required.
All the other dates are at Nymans Gardens
Contact: David Price
• Sunday 13th June –
Slindon
A little Rights of Way clearing on the Slindon estate.
With the size of the estate there is no actual workplace yet and it may depend on the weather as
we don’t want to have to pull landrovers out again!
Contact: Annabel Beacham
• Sunday 20th June –
Nymans Plays –
The Tempest
Details as Nymans concert on 12th June
Contact: Janice Wilson
• Friday 25th June –
Nymans Plays –
Jazz in the Garden
Details as Nymans concert on 12th June
Contact: David Price
• Sunday 4th July –
Crowlink
A little fencing and gate building out on the Downs.
Hope for nice weather to enjoy the spectacular views on this property.
Maybe Janice will bring the sunshade out again.
Contact: Carol Ledger
• Saturday 17th July –
Cissbury
A quote from our friendly warden “the sun will be shining by then
and around about dinner time we can stop
and admire the view with a bottle of beer/glass of wine
then we can carry on fill the trailer with ragwort.
Oh! go on you know you want to.”
What more can I add.
Contact: Steve Pickford
• Sunday 18th July –
Nymans Plays –
An Ideal Husband
Details as Nymans concert on 12th June
Contact: Janice Wilson
• Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th July –
Sheffield Park Gardens
INTERESTING EXTRA!
During the weekend, Alan Bradford will be leading
a dig on the cricket field to uncover the remains of
the original Players' Pavilion.
Alan has been working on this project for some time and
would now like help to complete his documentation of this historic building.
The plan is to uncover the rest of the foundations,
carefully documenting any finds along the way.
Alan expects this to be slow, meticulous work
so no china shop bulls need apply!
Contact: Gillian Little 01825 791357
• Sunday 1st August –
Selsfield Common
A new (not to the trust, just us)
and slightly unloved patch beyond the Standen estate.
Actually just off the Turner’s Hill road beyond Wakehurst.
Help the local group with their annual tidy and check around.
We may be working with a few local helpers to try
and make this area more inviting.
Contact: John Wiles
• Sunday 1st August –
Nymans Plays –
Beauty and the Beast
(early start 4.15)
Details as Nymans concert on 12th June
Contact: David Price • Sunday 8th August –
Nymans Plays –
Great Expectations
Details as Nymans concert on 12th June
Contact: Janice Wilson
• Sunday 15th August –
Lavington Common
Fiona hasn’t decided yet what to do
but I expect it will be in another interesting area.
Contact: Barney Hollister
• Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th August –
Sheffield Park Gardens
As the camping numbers have declined we will be doing a task over the w/e
and have a BBQ in the staff compound at the end of Saturday.
Please send £5.00 and any food specialities to Trudie
if you wish to attend the BBQ.
Contact: Trudie Jacobs
• Sunday 12th September –
Ditchling Down
Not Ditchling Common, as stated in the newsletter
Once again into the lee of the Downs
and the ongoing removal of the Whitebeam.
Contact: Ian Townsend
• Sunday 26th September –
South Park
It’s back to that time of year again and more laurel is calling to be removed.
Having had a working holiday and other volunteers in the wood you’d think we’d be winning
but there’s still plenty left to keep us busy for a year or so yet.
Contact: David Stevenson
• Friday 10th to Sunday 12th December –
Slindon
Xmas w/e hopefully the usual starting with pizza Friday night,
Saturday Xmas with Santa and finish Sunday lunch time.
Price yet to be decided but I’m sure the work will include cutting and burning.
Contact: TBC
We are always looking for more work party leaders,
if you are interested in leading a work party
please contact
Trudie and let her know.
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