VOLUNTEER DAY AT RSPB

Thursday 28/01/2010. It's Thursday so it must be Saltholme RSPB day when I volunteer as a Reserve Assistant, essentially we voluteers are involved in any out of doors work which needs to be done. Today Toby Collett, our line manager, wants us to help build up the soft verges on the roadway leading up to the reserve centre. The problem is due to vehicles overriding the tarmac and creating ruts in the soft ground. In turn this problem is caused by the rather narrow width of the road itself, this was a cost decision and no doubt justified as it is a long driveway and another yard wide would have been very expensive. It seems likely that this will not be the last time time we have to do this type of running repair. My picture shows Yvonne and Mike fellow volunteers. Yvonne is also a very capable hide-warden and I'm keen to pick her brains.