Another fine day for working in the cemetery, although rain was forecast, none arrived! In the cemetery today was Alan, Rita and Chris, Astrid came in for a short while and we were especially pleased to see Dave who came in to visit, and unable to work due to having a bad knee.
Rita cleared the Crocker 7-65 and Ashton 7-58 graves of bindweed, grass and weeds before the sun came fully out, she then went in the shade and cleared ivy from the Rawlings grave 8-23 and the trees behind the grave. When Astrid arrived she cleared the ivy from the Broom 8-32 grave.
Alan and Chris worked on the laid down slate headstone of Robert and Ann Hawkes sadly in a poor state but the inscription can be easily read. The headstone had been hit quite a while ago, on its bottom side corner, where the slate has begun to split up. It is lying at a slight angle within the low kerbs but the boys felt if straightened up it could cause more damage to the headstone. A block of stone has been placed by the grave to avoid any further damage as the grave is under a fir tree which had dropped seeds etc and nearly covered the whole grave over making it difficult to see.
Alan & Chris spent the rest of the morning trimming the low branches of the trees in the non-conformist area to head height to give a better view across the cemetery. They did a great job filling 6 bags of tree trimmings and taking over to the rubbish pile.
Another productive morning.
