Yesterday seven volunteers visited the Community Orchard to follow up Saturdays haymaking by the main conservation group. The grass having stood up in the intervening period it was easy to spot the bits missed. The weather was even hotter than Saturday and Greg felt the heat a bit and he and his carer left early (after the biscuits had been broken out). Several passers by stopped and admired the work, and the new seat. If you haven’t seen it it is the entire base of a 300 year old chestnut carved into the shape of a cut apple and is surprisingly comfortable to sit on. Lots of butterflies around, mostly Meadow Browns but there were Cabbage Whites and Painted Ladies around and Demoiselle damselflies by the brook.