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Hedgelaying, Scything and Dry Stone Walling!
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This month we head out into the countryside to find out about the many traditional and ancient skills using only hand tools and age-old techniques, including scything, hedge laying and dry stone walling.
Local expert Mike Reed tells us all about hedgelaying, why it's done and what is different about the North Somerset style.
We head up to Lyncombe Hill Fields and meet Maurice Tennenhaus leading a team of scythers. Presenter Pommy Harmar gets a lesson in scything from scything maestro Dave Pegler.
Robin Morley leads the Cotswold Wardens Dry Stone Walling team and we hear from him and from the oldest drystone waller in the group Robin Oldland.
Many new words are learnt in all three crafts!
Credits
Music: Audionautix
Produced by Pommy Harmar
Links
Mike Reid Hedgelayer - https://www.instagram.com/mikereedhedgelaying/
Avon Needs Trees volunteering - www.avonneedstrees.org.uk/volunteering/
Chew Valley Plants Trees - www.chewvalleyplantstrees.co.uk/
Community Farm, Chew Valley Lake - www.thecommunityfarm.co.uk/
Natural England - www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england
Friends of Lyncombe Hill Fields - www.friendsoflyncombehillfields.co.uk/
Green Scythe Fair - www.greenfair.org.uk/
The Scythe Association - www.scytheassociation.org/
Cotswold National Landscape - www.cotswolds-nl.org.uk/
Cotswold Voluntary Wardens - www.cotswolds-nl.org.uk/looking-after/volunteering/
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