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Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire3 Dec 2023
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Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire24 Jul 2022
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Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire29 May 2022
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Safety talk and discussion about what to demolish and (most importantly) what to leave!

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First break with the first batch of old wire.

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A section of post and rail knocked down and being re-instated with new materials.

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Finishing off the post and rail section.

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The new section of post and rail fence, after lots of sweat (and a bit of blood, but no tears as far as I know).

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This post was particularly troublesome to get out, but it's a decent one that can be re-used, so worth the effort.

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Loading up the van at the end of the day.

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A small fraction of the posts and wire removed today!

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire27 Mar 2022
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Post and rail fence to be taken down

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Removing nails from the rails that will be reused

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Fenced enclosure opened up

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Beautiful Wootton

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Results of a hard day's labour

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire13 Jun 2021
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Introduction and safety talk.

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Tawny owl nest box.

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Hauling up a barn owl nest box.

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Securing a barn owl nest box.

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New post dug in.

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A barn owl nest box ready for installation.

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Repairing a section of post and rail fence.

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New post and short section of stock netting.

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire2 May 2021
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Can you spot the new rails?

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New rails and a new (recycled) gate post.

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The OCV monkey strainers get their first outing for more than a year.

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The sweet taste of victory when the stump of the broken gate post is finally extracted!

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire7 Mar 2021
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Rachel at work with a treepopper 'popping' hawthorn, complete with root systems, so no regrowth and no need for herbicide.

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Tim and Ray levering out a well dug in gatepost

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Part of today's task was to create bays in a dense thicket of scrub

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The view across the Glyme to the meadows

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire6 Sep 2015
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Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire23 Mar 2014
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Jubilee Fields & Long Meadow and a multiplicity of tasks

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Replacing a sign #1

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Replacing a sign #2

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Replacing a sign #3

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Replacing a sign #4

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OCV Bird Nesting Box

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Putting up a Bat Box #1

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Putting up a Bat Box #2

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Putting up a Bat Box #3

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Putting up a Bat Box #4

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Putting up a Bat Box #5

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Clearing a log jam

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Tea break

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Clearing scrub to let light into the ride

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Replacing gate post #1

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Replacing gate post #2

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Replacing gate post #3

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Replacing gate post #4

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Replacing gate post #5

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Replacing gate post #6 - pulling hinge pins from old gate post

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Replacing gate post #7

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Reinforcing bridge deck #1

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Reinforcing bridge deck #2

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Reinforcing bridge deck #3

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Reinforcing bridge deck #4

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Reinforcing bridge deck #5

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Reinforcing bridge deck #6

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire1 Apr 2012
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Moving a sleeper towards its new home as a footbridge

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Footbridge under construction

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Putting in uprights for a hand rail

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Getting rid of an old post set in concrete

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Fixing some wobbly steps

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Local residents caught several crayfish in the river

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A log blocks the river

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Rope is attached and passed under the adjacent bridge

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Four people begin hauling

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Another enthusiastic tugger joins in

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Eventually the log is landed. The river runs freely once more

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire22 May 2011
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Chris' expert fire building attracts some fans

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Hot work

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire4 Apr 2010
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Preparing the ground for the steps

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Step creation in progress

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Good progress

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Finished step with anti-slip mesh

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Attaching the anti-slip mesh

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Making sure the pins don't pose a trip hazard

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Working upwards

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Finishing touches

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Approaching completion

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A new landscape feature

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire24 May 2009
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Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire11 Jan 2009
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Craig, our expert fire builder!

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Our new OCV tree!

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More fire...

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire27 Apr 2008
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Fence and gate construction

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You don't wanna do it like that...

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The finished fence, gate and stile from the outside

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The finished fence, gate and stile from the inside

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Mallard's nest on the Dorn

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire10 Feb 2008
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Bonfire "A" by the stream

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Two-woman bow-saw

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Bonfire "B" was even bigger

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Teamwork is needed to load a large section of tree-trunk onto bonfire "B"

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THIS is why we do it

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Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire28 Oct 2007
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Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire18 Mar 2007
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How many OCVers does it take to build a stile?

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Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire16 Jul 2006
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A vision of a fence. Top dollar.

Jubilee Fields and Long Meadow, Wootton, West Oxfordshire
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