IMPORTANT REQUEST FOR HELP
Dear SOS Whatcombe Fields Shareholders
To maintain the diversity of the fields, we need your help. We are holding two thistle-pulling mornings, from 10.00am to 1.00pm, (meeting at the Vernal Lane entrance to the fields) on Sunday 30th April (see report below date 30.4.23) and Saturday 27th May (see report below date 27.5.23)
And an extra session on 30th July, also notified by Mailchimp (added to 27.5.23)
This will be an easy and fun job: we can even have a 'Number of Thistles Pulled' competition!
Please wear sturdy boots and appropriate clothing. Bring gloves and knives if you have them; we do have some gloves if needed.
If you have any questions, please call Jenny on 07760 313305.
Regards,
Steve Small on behalf of the Directors
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Next Annual General Meeting of Save Open Spaces Frome Ltd.
Date in 2024: in Frome Town Hall / On Zoom.
Would as many as possible please attend as a quorum of shareholders is required to vote on issues and decisions.
17 April 2019Wire cut next to the stile to the Cooper Hall field
You may be able to see that all strands of the wire have been cut on the far side of the fencepost. This wire is at present probably not necessary as the cattle are not likely to try to move from the hardcore over the drain into the earlier line of the spring brook, which is totally overgrown.
Why then has someone cut the wires?
It struck me today that whoever is doing this with the heavy duty clippers may be under the impression that they are helping wildlife to move about the area.
If so, which animals? Or birds? Pheasants are very rare in the fields, any others could get through anyway.
Badgers? There are no signs down there that badgers have a trail, and that won't make them change.
Foxes? They are seen in the fields, but no sign of them in the location mentioned.
Bunnies? They are seen at times too, but could probably get through pig-wire.
If anyone knows any more, it would be interesting to discover the motive behind the cutting. At this location it certainly is not the individual/s who cut fencing near gates as they are not wearing suitable footwear, or think that they have the right to go exactly where they please on private land. So who does it, and why? Or is it just because deliberate destruction and making work for others is "a laugh?" JY
