Snow Day in the Moors
When we got to Sutton Bank we were handed our tools and gloves and
set off, we walked in the snow for a while when we got near the 'finest view in
England' the view truly was amazing.
We then turned right and carried on walking when we got there we got
told about what we were doing, we had to cut off the branches that would
potentially hit walkers and people riding on horses we had a pair of loppers
each also a pocket saw each. In the bag
of tools there was a few bigger saws and something like a pair of loppers
mounted on a pole to use it you had to pull a string when holding the loppers
up to a high branch which closed the blades, cutting the branch the other thing
in the bag was a saw mounted on a pole also we used these to cut high branches
that would potentially hit the horse or the person riding it.
I helped cut down a particularly large branch that would block a
rider it was hard but the work was also fun, when you got cold you had hot
chocolate and set back off to work. When
we had finished we had a group photo and started to walk back to the visitor
centre.
We had lunch in the building then set off to the wood's to build
dens. We had a certain amount of time to build a den I was with, Luke, Matthew and
Owen we built our den by leaning a stick on a tree and leaning sticks against
that, which we then put moss and other coverings on it to protect it. We tested
the other dens by throwing snowballs at them.
I had lots of fun that day.
By Josh
Patrol Leader, Cobra Patrol
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