Our monthly diaries are shown in reverse chronological order beginning at the start of each new year. Earlier diaries started in September following our anniversary date.
See also our second year (September 2012 – August 2013), third year (September 2013 – August 2014), fourth year (September 2014 – August 2015), fifth year (September 2015 – August 2016), sixth year (September 2016 – 2017), seventh year (September 2017 – 2018), eighth year (September 2018 – 2019), ninth year (September 2019– 20), tenth year (September 2020 – 21), eleventh & twelfth years (September 2021 – 2023), thirteenth year (September 2023 – 2024) and our fourteenth and fifteenth years (September 2024 – December 2026
February 2026



Clearing brambles from an old self-seeded apple tree on Wain’s Hill west-facing slope


Fresh bramble shoots are grubbed from a grass slope and cut back along the 1923 path



Ivy is cut back from the limestone rockface to allow other native species to thrive


Cutting back bramble from the 1923 path on Church Hill and grubbing out wild radish


Scrub control on Church Hill – grubbing out roots of wild clematis to reduce its spread
January 2026
The new year started badly with the first three working parties having to be cancelled due to rain. We finally got a dry day on 29th January.



Church Hill – cutting back a large overhanging ivy bush and tidying the path to Salthouse


On 29 January we finally enjoyed a dry afternoon, reducing the spread of scrub into grassland near the viewpoint above the zigzag steps on Church Hill.