Tasks carried out by Lengthsman Team, Craig and Rachael Howe
April '23 Rachael Howe, a member of High Ham's Parish Lengthsman Team, was commissioned by High Ham Parish Council to make a new set of 20 'Lost Words' plaques for Millennium Wood, to replace the old ones. The plaques were installed in the woodland on the 18th April. Each plaque has a brief description on the reverse. The plaques were inspired by the book The Lost Words: A Spell Book written by Robert MacFarlane and illustrated by Jackie Morris. From Acorn to Weasel, the hand-illustrated, large-format spell book celebrates the natural world and the words disappearing from children's lives, words like Dandelion, Otter, Bramble, Acorn, Lark ...
February/March '23: Millennium Wood: Craig and Rachael have carried out further felling of diseased ash trees; replaced some of the broken Stepping Stumps; reset the broken sign for the Outdoor Classroom? Mowing of paths and rides and restarted.
The Green: 3 bollards have been replaced on the green. There will be a site meeting first week of April with Craig and Dave to decide other possible sites for bollards to prevent on-grass and dangerous parking on main road-side through The Green.
Cemetery: Clearance work around the wall and fence in the cemetery has begun.
Mowing and strimming has restarted
January '23: Cemetery: Craig continued felling of selected trees, clearing overhanging vegetation from paths.