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@ww1australiamap @digginggardener @fovantbadges Many thanks. We look after #Shiny7th and #RoyalWarwicks (suttonbadges.org.uk/the-badges/). Shiny 7th was restored in 2018. It’s just been strimmed but needs a bit of work still. Coincidentally we were busy on Royal Warwicks yesterday …

A great day with four of us working our socks off. A large section of the northern coast of #Australia is now weeded and rechalked. #WW1

Busy day on Saturday with great team of volunteers working on #WWI #RoyalWarwicks badge. Pretty wet in the morning but turned out nice and we got loads done!

Had the pleasure of guiding Tisbury Footpath Club around our #WWI camps and badges yesterday. Gorgeous evening - downs covered in flowers & butterflies. #RoyalWarwicks #Shiny7th

Fine weather at last, so our working picnics are back underway! Great turn out to weed #WW1 #RoyalWarwicks badge. Join us in June if you would to help!

Another working picnic on #WWI #RoyalWarwicks badge today. It’s a fantastic haven for wildlife too. Next picnic is 8th July - please get in touch if you would like to join us!

Beautiful day for our working picnic on #WWI hillside badges of #RoyalWarwicks and #Shiny7th. Great turnout and lots done . Thanks to all!

@suttonbadges A very satisfying day and good to catch up!

A good day today, working with @suttonbadges on the Shiny 7th chalk badge, cut into the downland during #WW1. Along with @ww1australiamap & the Royal Warwickshire badge (all WW1) they were abandoned in the early 2000's, but thankfully all now being cared for.

Many thanks @HelenR864!

The dandelions have stopped flowering but from #Shiny7th you can still see the shape of the camps in the #cropmarks

Busy day on #FWW #Shiny7th badge overlooking the camps at Sutton Mandeville. Please get in touch if you’d like to join us for our next working picnic.

On #RoyalWarwicks badge this afternoon, doing a bit of weeding. Dandelions still doing their #cropmarks thing on the #WWI camps. Rewarded with a fairy ring and splendid views!

@HelenR864 Not really sure - it might be soil chemistry due to chalk being used for the tracks. They are very striking! #cropmarks

@suttonbadges I would be interested to know why the dandelions are growing the way they are? Do they prefer the land that was once tracks in the camp, ie, better drained than the natural undisturbed soil where the huts stood?

Dandelions clearly showing layout of #FWW camp over 100yrs after it was removed. Thousands of soldiers trained here before heading to Western Front including #RoyalWarwicks & #Shiny7th. More here suttonbadges.org.uk/the-camps/

Each block comprised a row of huts - detail likely to be like this one in neighbouring Fovant …

Original layout of camp …

Great start yesterday to our 2023 programme on #FWW #RoyalWarwicks #Shiny7th badges. Working picnics to follow - pls get in touch if you would like to join us!

Lovely weather today on #WW1 #RoyalWarwicks badge - refreshing the chalk surface of the Antelope with some heavy duty weeding. #volunteering. More here: suttonbadges.org.uk/the-badges/roy…