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What A Load of Rubbish
The April 13 Work Day was blessed with nice weather and a good turnout of volunteers. The opportunity was taken to do a bit of "Make and Mend" in terms of tidying the Harnham Slope up a bit. It is saddening how thoughtless or indifferent some folk can be in terms of chucking rubbish away in inappropriate locations. Who might they imagine is going to clear up their mess after them? The answer, in this case, was FOHS! Click on an image to obtain a larger version of it.
Hardcore rubbish
Along the lower path of Harnham Slope were large quantities of discarded rubble, rusting bits of metal and lots of general rubbish. Whilst the Ladies scooted around collecting discarded drinks cans, bottles, wate paper and "light weight" rubbish, the "Heavy Gang" turned their hands to moving the bigger stuff. The Ladies scooted so fast and effectively that it was not possible to catch them on image - but they did a sterling job, as you will see if you stroll the Slope.
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The Pile
The sum total of the Volunteers' efforts was piled up in the corner of the car park, waiting for Salisbury City Council to collect it during the following week as arranged.
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Scalpings
Once the rubbish problem had been addressed, it was time to move some scalpings from recent road re-surfacing operations into the areas of the lower path that had been prone to become very muddy and slippery during wet weather.
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The mudbath area
It might not look very pretty at the early stages, but once the mud gets mixed in with the scalpings it should look far more in keeping with the rural nature of the Slope.
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More to do
There were much more scalpings to be moved, but time prevented completing the whole heap in one day. What was left had to be the task for a later date.
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Coffee Time
It had been a busy and varied day, and a "breather" was well in order. The FOHS volunteers (seen and unseen on this page) had turned their hands to rubble removal, litter picking, scalpings distribution, identifying view-points for future work and dragging some carelessly deposited garden rubbish further down to the dead hedge at the main tree line. All in all a fair day's work. If this sort of thing interests you, do please keep an eye on this website and join in when you feel like it. There's no formal membership to FOHS; no costs; no ongoing committment; and no pressure to stay longer than you wish to. Please help us make, and keep, Harnham Slope a better place for human beings and nature's wildlife alike whenever you can.
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