Don Gorge Community Group

Local volunteers giving up their own time to preserve and protect the natural beauty of the Don Gorge, one of South Yorkshire’s most popular attractions.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

A very busy session for our volunteers today. Lots of jobs done, the areas at the landing/stone bench, grass cut Fence on Mill Lane repaired. Redundant steps removed from the path fromMill Lane. The bridges over the canal/river given a spruce up and finally a litter pick.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

This week is National Volunteers’ Week so it’s timely to thank our willing bunch of Don Gorge Community Group volunteers who every week give up their time to care for the Gorge for the benefit of everyone. 👏

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

A few of our volunteers braved the heat today to start work on a new information board to be fitted to the Old Pump site just up from the locks. Progress made on two holes required for the new board, to be continued. Litter collected from area next to the locks.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

Our volunteers worked today on reinstating a fence on Nursery Lane. It was installed a few weeks ago and unfortunately demolished very soon after by someone who obviously objected to it! Also tackled cutting back some overhanging vegetation on both Nursery Lane and the TPT.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

Another busy day for our volunteers. Continued working on repairing the fence on Mill Lane at the bends. A bit of tidying up on and around the benches on the landing. Finally a few bags of litter picked up.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

A good session of work assisting YWT today for our volunteers. Collecting materials for another section of woven fencing on Nursery Lane. Also found time to collect a bit of rubbish.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

Today a small team of our volunteers tackled repairing the damaged/vandalised fence on the bends at Mill Lane. Also managed to to fill a couple of bags of litter.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

A very productive day for our volunteers today. Working with YWT. Installed a woven fence to the bird viewing screen on the TPT. Also cut down a fallen tree blocking the path a bit further along. Not forgetting a bit of litter picking.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

A busy day for our volunteers today. Some maintenance work to the stone bench next to the Fish Pass. General tidy up and grass cutting to the area. Weeding around the trees recently planted. Litter picking, oh we never tyre of it!

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

A busy day for our volunteers today. Cutting back trees blocking or posing a risk to footpaths. One up the path by the Boat Inn and also along the TPT towards the bird hides. Also one of our members also litter picked in Bentley.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

Productive morning for our volunteers, working with City of Doncaster Council staff to plant 220 saplings on the south (Warmsworth) bank of the River Don, first step to creating a wet woodland that should take shape over the next five years. More on this project to follow.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

Well, more sunshine for our volunteers today. Working with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Last bit of tidying up on the plantation. Fence repairs in Pot Ridings Wood. A hard and rewarding shift.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

Well, a very blustery day for our volunteers today. We tackled the path from the top of the bends that leads towards Warmsworth. Overhanging vegetation cut back and a general tidy up including a bit of litter picking. Also moved two dumped mattresses to enable collection by DMBC.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

Well a rare treat for our volunteers today. Working in the sunshine and relatively warm. Worked continued on tidying the plantation and a bit more woven fencing.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

A really good outing today for our volunteers. Joined by 10 BT/EE employees on a volunteer experience day. They were a great enthusiastic group. Three areas worked on, the plantation, completing woven fence to first bird hide and clearing the beaches down from the weir of litter.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

It was pleasure for our volunteers today to work in some lovely sunshine. Coppicing work in preparation of completing the woven fence to the first bird hide.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

Another busy day for our volunteers. Started work on a new woven fence to the first bird hide. We also helped YWT who are working on the bird hide by installing a new section of fencing that required upgrading. Also litter picked the area around the bird hides and the S bends.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

Another good days work for our volunteers today working with YWT. Continued working on the plantation, more clearing and burning, completed a couple of woven fences. As earlier post also several bags of litter collected from Boat/Mill Lane.

[Don Gorge Community Group @GorgeGroup]

While Mill Lane was closed to traffic today we took the opportunity to do a thorough litter pick - it’s normally too dangerous to clear that area. Seven bags of rubbish cleared along a relatively short stretch. We were joined by guys from @MyDoncaster. Good, satisfying result👍