Gayton Churchyard October 2022

Report for Gayton Churchyard

Volunteers met at Gayton Church on the 10.10.22. The brush cutters, Tom and Dave, cut a width of grass back on the border alongside the road wall and in a central area in the Churchyard before volunteers arrived. Cut grass was raked and then taken by wheelbarrow, or tarpaulin, to the composting site on the west side of the Churchyard. Volunteers cut the suckers from the base of the lime trees growing on either side of the path from the lychgategate to the church entrance. Heavily overgrown ivy on the west wall was cut back by Keith, Hamish and Dave using a hedge cutter. The wall, being very old, could have been damaged by the weight of the ivy. The ivy was cut back hard enough to expose the sides of the wall, but the top growth was not entirely removed for the benefit of wildlife. The Churchyard looked much tidier by the time the volunteers had finished. A selection of the photographs taken by Hamish and Sue can be seen by clicking on the link to the .PDF file below:

Gayton Churchyard