We’ve been a bit late starting with balsam clearing this year partly due to the wet spring which led to muddy paths and high water levels in May. As a result the balsam is growing strongly in many places.
A group of six of us walked upstream to Black Rocks where two stayed to clear what at first sight looked like a smallish quantity but turned into a large number mainly along the edge of the river downstream.
The rest of the group continued up to the small islands which had been partially cleared a few days ago. After finishing clearing that area we moved further upstream where a lot of balsam was growing amongst the undergrowth. Some barbed wire had to be negotiated to get to all of it but we managed to clear a lot before heading back downstream. Again we had to negotiate some barbed wire to access some areas on the east bank where we cleared a lot including on the field edge though a lot still remains.
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