News From Pear Tree Green

We've tried to spend an hour every couple of days clearing graves, it's pretty hard work - mostly bramble and ivy with a dash of sycamore, oak & holly. It feels a bit like archeology! Most of the graves date from the late nineteenth century - often children.

I had some vague idea that we would work methodically around the churchyard but in reality we need to go for the most smothered areas. The grave that we cleared last evening had bramble with some stalks over an inch diameter!