Yesterday was the second Surrey Hedgelaying Group session at Byfleet. A maiden double-row hedge about ten years old, planted around a large field used by Surrey Wildlife Trust for winter grazing. We were originally asked to lay the hedges on all four sides of the field but this has now been reduced to just two sides. We started the hedge last week on a wet and blustery Saturday but made good progress, almost completing the shorter of the two sides. This week we cracked on in unseasonally mild weather, leaving perhaps another days work to complete the job.
This first photo shows the work completed on the 29th December, with the walkway reinstated on the inside of the hedge.
Here we see Fred 'The hedge' O'Hare starting work on this weeks section and working round a large entrance to a badger sett. As you can see the hedge is rather thin in places with sections of dog rose but it was nice to be able to work all day without the noise of chainsaws.
This shot shows a section of hedge completed yesterday with a nice curve round the corner meeting up with the previous weeks work.
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