What’s UCAN been up to?
Here at Saddleworth Life, we like to hear from community groups and catch-up with what they’re up to. This week we heard from Karen Williams on behalf of the Uppermill Community Action Network. Here’s what they’ve been up to:
Our regular UCAN Project Days have obviously been on hold as we have all been following the Government guidance regarding the coronavirus pandemic. As part of that, we have not been meeting as a group of volunteers nor using the local towpath owing to the challenge of keeping two metres apart. In the interim, therefore, we have all settled on our own household regular exercise including walking near to home, sadly avoiding the canal area but still enjoying our beautiful village surroundings.
As part of our daily short walk, we have been observing from afar our voluntary work from previous months and you may remember that earlier in the year UCAN volunteers planted over 500 daffodil bulbs in various spots alongside the canal towpath. To ensure we grew healthy daffodils, we selected a good range of planting sites for the bulbs planting some in partial shade or full sun and in moist but well-drained soil.
As the daffodils – the traditional yellow with six petals and a trumpet-shape central corona – are now in full bloom and it is great to see that our efforts have produced such a good display, we thought it would be rather nice to take a few photos and to share them here with you in this article.
We don’t yet know how long it will be before we can resume our regular volunteering but we are sure there will be no shortage of enthusiasm when we are able to start to return to our normal canal-side activities again.
We are always pleased to welcome new members; for anyone interested in getting involved in our future voluntary work or for further information, please contact Peter Killan on 01457 878361 or email peterkillan@hotmail.com
Author: Jude Gidney - Editor
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