Cownado!
3 GoodGymers made their way to help the Petersham Common Conservators in Richmond.
- Saturday, 2nd of April 2022
- Led by Sam Jones
Cownado! Three runners from The GoodGym Richmond were out helping the Thames Landscape Strategy and National Trust planting 93 native hedgerow trees at Chitty Hole on Petersham Meadows and then laying the hedge, staking and binding on Saturday 2 April. We were joined by two other volunteers working with the Thames Landscape Strategy. In no time we had the trees in and were treated to coffee and cakes at Eileen’s Café and later the hedgerow was laid, staked and bound. Over coffee we had an interesting discussion on the return of the herd of Belted Gallow cattle on Petersham Meadows due after Easter. Cattle kill on average 8 people a year in the UK and that is why there is the fenced off section of that we were working on, so as to provide a safe access to the public and dog walkers. Yes 8 people a year in the UK! In fact cows are far deadlier globally than sharks. There were 11 globally reported shark deaths in 2021. In the USA there were 22 deaths from cattle alone plus the 8 in the UK! (Note there were no reported shark deaths in the UK and none on Petersham Meadows by cow or shark so fear not!) But just in case you are scared, best to keep off Petersham Meadow when it is flooded to avoid the sharks and stick to the fenced (shark net) path along the towpath old floodwall as no sharks (nor cows, nor tornados) have been reported here…at least so far! Cownado!!
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