DONATION

I want to say thank you very much to Paul Haresnape who sent us a generous donation of $80. As is usually the case, we have spent it already - it paid for the remainder of the battery-operated strimmer that Graham will be using to maintain the little piece of waste ground at Fairy Cross where we discovered a small colony of early purple orchids.

The Devon Highways people have been good enough to allow us to maintain this piece of ground rather than just having it mowed to the quick by a farming contractor, and now, thanks to Paul and the two donations from earlier this week, we shall be able to do so. There is even a few quid left over to go towards protective goggles and a flourescent jacket, which the Health and Safety bods tell us is a mandatory requirement.

Thank you, Paul