Reliable as ever, the Yorkshire volunteers
have just been for one of their two annual visits. It’s always good to see familiar faces and
also to meet a few new ones.
This time we went across to do some work on
Derwent Island. The plan was to cut back
some rhododendrons to bring them under control.
The unplanned work was to try to get into the secret room that our
buildings manager and I had found when we were surveying the cellars of the
house to make sure that they would be adequately ventilated when a new gas
heating system is installed. It had been
walled off so long ago that I knew nothing about it and I think I know the
island and house pretty well.
The wall is quite substantial in
construction but has not been keyed into the side walls of the passage. It isn’t load-bearing in any way so its only
use seems to be to block off the room behind it. Whilst the Yorkshire group worked clearing
the rhododendrons, I took some time to remove some cobbles from the wall so
that I could pop my camera in for some pictures.
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As you can see, there’s nothing obvious in
the photos to suggest why it was blocked off with such a wall so we are still
speculating about it. I’ll let you know
if there are further developments.
As usual, the Yorkshire volunteers group
did a terrific job so many thanks to them.
These are people who are very experienced and highly motivated. They can see what needs doing and just get on
with it. It’s also good fun to work with
them.
Daisy here,
I’ve been on my first full weekend
training. It was great but very tiring
and I came back with Labrador tail again.
It was really sore but the vet made it better.
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