Wednesday 11/3/26  A medical appointment and 50mph winds forecast for Thursday meant we had to go on Wednesday this week, it was a dry but windy day.

Last week the wildflower meadow slope and the steep part of the entrance track got churned up where the tractor got stuck towing the big roller, so we got barrows of mole hill soil and filled in the holes and trampled it down.

The mesh tray on the bird feeding station has rusted away, so I measured the pole so we can get a suitable replacement. Eddie filled the feeders, the hooks we made last time make filling the feeders in trees easier as they lift off. Great tits and blue tits came down to eat as usual and a robin was singing in a tree nearby. 

We saw a grey wagtail in the river while working on the glass panel which shows a section of the brick floor. The glass was dirty so we removed it and Eddie cleaned it with a bucket of water while I weeded the brick floor underneath.

We had the fire alight in the wagon to heat sausage rolls in the oven above, it was sunny, but too windy to sit outside so we ate them in the wagon.

We had to move two insect hotels last week to get the tractor up the slope, so I moved them back and staked them down today while Eddie cleaned the Perspex panel on the walkway, which protects visitors from the moving hub when we have the water wheel turning at open days.

I took pictures of a swan in the river near our bridge and noticed the dormouse box had fallen off the tree, which still had one of the fittings attached. I found the box in the river nearby so I got it out with a long rake and took it back. I opened it and there were only snail shells in it, so I attached the fittings with longer screws and left it in the sun to dry.

Steve Edwards walked along the Nar Valley Way on Saturday 7/3/26 and took drone pictures of the mill including aerial views which I have added to the Articles section. 

I've added a link to the bottom of each new blog article to show what we were doing 10 years ago, these were the early days of working at the mill. I also added a link to Wildlife Seen At The Mill to the Useful Links section.

Graham Bartlett  

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