We met at Nightingale’s Bridge where balsam could be seen growing on the mud banks on both sides of the river and on the bank just upstream from the bridge. The water level was low so it was easy to cross the river to reach a large clump on the east bank where access has been made more difficult by a new barbed wire fence.
The edges of Hilly Fields remain mostly clear of balsam after we cleared it a few years ago so we crossed to the far corner where we always find balsam. It was not as bad as the first time we visited this area but there was still a lot of tall balsam growing amongst dense nettles.
On the way back to the bridge we stopped at a place where we’d seen a few balsam growing on the river bank behind the fence. As usual there turned out to be a lot more when we looked more closely so we finished our morning session by clearing those.
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