A group of seven volunteers assembled at Nightingale’s Bridge on an overcast afternoon which fortunately did not result in any significant rain. We first tackled a big clump on top of the river bank along Hilly Fields just upstream from the bridge. To access we had to climb through the wooden fence and then negotiate the fairly narrow bank but we managed to clear all but a few plants which were too close to a wasp’s nest for comfort.
We then split into two groups with one going across the river and upstream towards Parsonage Bridge while the other worked along the edge of Hilly Fields clearing small clumps amongst the bushes and then the area in the corner of Hilly Fields where the plants were fairly large but the quantity was not too bad compared to previous years.
Some of us then joined the group on the other side of the river and finished clearing up to the edge of Bridge House grounds. This side of the river seems a lot worse than it has for a few years.
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