Our last volunteer session of 2018 was on Thursday 13th December when Adam, Mike and Malcolm did a final clearing of trampled twigs and leaves off of the path near Little Hob Moor.  Watch this space for announcement of our first session in 2019.

Meanwhile if you are a member of MCT can I please remind you that the 2019 £5 annual subscription is due by January 1st?  Please send cheques made out to Mayfields Community Trust with your contact details to the MCT Secretary, Louise, at 30 Goodwood Grove, Dringhouses YO24 1ER.  As all our work is done by unpaid volunteers this income is very important to cover insurance and replacing ageing equipment, etc. or purchase of plants.

New members are always most welcome, so why not come to our AGM at 7.30 p.m. on February 5th at Dringhouses Library?  The Fieldwork Coordinator will give an interactive talk on what MCT has been doing over the past 12 months and on our future plans and aspirations.  We would welcome your views.

It’s been quite a long drawn out and very wet autumn but we did manage a bit more leaf removal when it got to December 2nd.  We had a very pleasant afternoon session when it was not only dry, but quite warm too.

Wire lawn rakes are used to scrape trampled-in leaves from the path to avoid build up of organic mud, but the rotary mower can still be used to gather and shred leaves from grass verges (if not too many).

With some typical Autumn weather so far in November we’ve been doing lots of clearing of leaves off the paths and trimming some of the overcrowded trees along the west bund.

Great turn-out at the volunteer session on November 4th, with Malcolm, Louise, Paul, Lesley, James, Ethan, Holly, Tim and Pam