Friends of Hob Moor

The fences have been checked and are secure. The cattle are scratching at the farm gate to be let on Hob Moor for the season. Tuesday is the day they will start to be brought to the Moor. There will be 68 approx 1-year old heifers. Aberdeen Angus, Limousine, Hereford and Belgium Blue for those of you interested in the breeds that will be grazing on Hob Moor this year. This ancient medieval right of cattle grazing on Hob Moor continues. They may be a bit giddy; you would be too if you’d been kept indoors all winter!!! We ask that you just be respectful of their space and keep an eye that dogs keep their distance too. Thank you.

2 events coming up:

• Sunday Dec 2nd Cross Keys, Tad. Rd. 6pm Dog Walkers get together.
• Sunday Dec 9th Cross Keys, Tad. Rd. 6pm Members Social but all welcome who watch, interested and enjoy Hob Moor.

Thanks to the Council for new bins that take litter too. Please can we have a bin at the Windsor Garth entrance? The Beck is flowing nicely. Trees at the lovely Copse inside the school grounds, lovely valuable wildlife area for the children to learn lots. A pair of Bullfinch’s spotted this morning. Leaflet dispensers replenished. The little Hawthorn plants planted around the buffer zone to Hob Stone Estate are thriving. See slideshow below AGM information:

Date: October 17, 7:30pm
Place: West Thorpe Methodist Church
Speaker: Tom Gibson at 7:00pm
– Clerk to the Guild of Freemen
– Chairman of the Strays
New committee members are wanted
for this very important historic & interesting area.

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Sunday, October 14 from 2-4 pm – Planting Wild Flowers with Jonathan Dent and Martin Hammond. Meet at the yellow railings by the railway foot tunnel on Little Hob Moor.

Photo cards for sale 17th Oct from 7pm at West Thorpe Methodist church hall. A small selection of the many seasonal photo cards £1 each illustrated here. Also the launch of our Christmas Card. All cards blank for your own message. Christmas Card Pks of 5 for £3. Contact us for an order/delivery if more convenient.

Posted here: FOHM NEWSLETTER 41 Sept 2018