The first work session of the new year was blessed with brilliant weather and a fine turn-out. New steps were put in place and damaged ones repaired. After this hard work we retired to the Queen’s Head for refreshment (some things never change)!
The first work session of the new year was blessed with brilliant weather and a fine turn-out. New steps were put in place and damaged ones repaired. After this hard work we retired to the Queen’s Head for refreshment (some things never change)!
Friends of Pelaw Wood brought in the New Year with a walk around the woods, followed by some well-attended socialising in the Queen’s Head.
The last Sunday meet of the year saw a good turn-out and much activity in the woods. Leaves were cleared from paths and the silverlink bridge, and in the old hockey field undergrowth was strimmed and placed into large piles to rot down for the winter. These have the added bonus of providing habitat for …
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Northumbrian Water have begun work on extending and improving the culvert / sewer at the bottom of Pelaw beck. See this link for more details.
Friends of Pelaw Wood again drew on excellent support from the Durham University Conservation Volunteers in clearing brambles from the old hockey field. Despite the cold and damp morning, great success was enjoyed in the fight against the invasive brambles.
After this busy day we were invited to a bonfire party at Old Durham where …
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A fine early autumn morning found a group of 10 Friends clearing paths and steps in anticipation of the re-opening of the paths blocked by the landslip since 2013.
Drinks and pizza were enjoyed at the Woodman Inn, Gilesgate after our labours.
A small but determined band of Friends met for our September work party in the woods. After a hard but enjoyable couple of hours we had removed many large items of litter including a mattress, corrugated iron, a car tyre, a traffic cone, a shopping trolley and an old window frame.
As usual, we retired …
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A warm Sunday evening found 10 members of Friends of Pelaw Wood and the Durham Bat Group exploring the wood for evidence of bat activity.
Our bat boxes were somewhat disappointing as there were no householders in residence.
The walk, however, was to grow more exciting as a roost …
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Northumbrian Water have been carrying out maintenance work to sewer pipes close to the north side of the Silverlink bridge.