Category: "Boundaries & Track"

The Track 2024 ~ 2026

April 6th, 2024

The trustees and beneficiaries have a duty to maintain the track and as I reside here it's understandable that I have done the work since June 1993. Although I only walk the track there are occasions when I have visitors who use cars and there was the postman who ~~drove, possibly on average, weekly on my behalf~~ no longer delivers.
Every year I spend two or three days making improvements; the jobs include

Cutting back the trees, hedges, verges as well as the central grass on the lower parts.
~~Clearing channels down the lower half of the track; one down the centre of the track from the caravan upwards and one from the wagon down to the lower drain.~~
Clearing three cross-track drains to limit down-track flow: One at the top, one halfway down and one just past the triangle field entrance.
Levelling parts of the track

2026

Feb 2nd: Felled a dead ash that was opposite nutter's corrugated shed. It had been blow over by the wind and was supported by intertwining branches aloft on two other trees. It was some 19ft tall and about 8" at soil. Very dead with very few top branches so a little surprised it entangled itself aloft. Still those few branches had some strength as it did not fall even after the first fell from some 6ft and another couple of 3 to 4 ft logs sawn. It took a strong pushing and shoving to break the aloft entanglement even though the tree trunk have been taken some 12ft to the ground.
Feb 3rd: Brought some of the wood down for burning. Intend to bring it all down over the next few days.
Feb 4th: Brought all but one log down from the above, but as the weather was fine felled another 6 trees. One sycamore that had decayed top and was in the path of a large ash. Altogether five ash but two were only (4.5 to 6)" wide.

Corner of top field opposite Nutter's gate.
Feb 24~25th: gathered up a couple of barrows of slop/leaf debris on track from △ to TG
Mar 4th: Felled three more ash into the field to fell two 45ft sycamore.

A few more ash and a couple of sycamore.
The main sycamore and field behind
May 29th: Mowed track down to Trekensa
May 30th: Used Makita brushcutter Cleared from top to △
June 7th: Used Makita brushcutter with strimmer to cut back hedges to Trekensa gardens
June 13th: Mowed track down to Trekensa
Sept 9th: Clearing the three drainage channels across the track and removing some buildup of leaves.
Sept 11th: Took down a few bits of ash that were leaning towards the cabin

2025

Dec 19th: More work on washed down ballast and drain clearance.
Nov ##th: Twice cleared the drain and worked over track surface as rain had blocked channels with leaves and torrents had washed down ballast.
Oct 8th: Cut down a few small (dead elm) trees at the corner of the △ that were overhanging the lane.
Aug 6th: Cleared majority of track to TG with GM brushcutter
June 9th: Cleared edges from gate down to TG with GM brushcutter
June 2nd: Hand mowed the track.
Clearing track from top to △ for 3.2m high Luton delivery on 21st May
June 14th: Cleared the three drainage cuttings on the track.
May 17th: Cleared overhanging branches up to the railway crossing, and the verges and some bushy overhangs with brushcutter. ✅
May 16th: Cleared overhanging branches from gate up to the tap and cleared the verges with Gavin's brushcutter.
May 16th: Cleared overhanging branches from gate to Also sawn large logs form Ash and removed to stash.
May 15th: Cleared overhanging branches down from gate to △ and up some 50 as on the 11th
May 11th: Cleared overhanging branches from △ up to 50m beyond ELF Gate

Thought I keep a log of all work ~ 20 to 30 minute jobs.

May 14th: Dave King used his brushcutter to clear from △ to Trekensa
March ~ April Have mowed down to Trekensa a couple of times

2024

Log of 20 to 30 minute jobs.

Nov 24th: Cleared the three drains and the track from fallen ivy and branches from storm Bert :)
Sept 20th: Mowed track to Trekensa

Looking up from △
Sept 20th: Spent an hour cutting hedgerow trees, mostly hazel.

Looking to Trekensa from △

Looking down from cabin
June 23rd: Mowed the track to Trekensa and sickle cut the verges
1st: Cleared lower drain by △
June 18th: Used sickle to clear area for bins and centre of track UP
June 17th: Used sickle to clear verges UP and top drain
June 16th: Cleared the verges to the △ with the strimmer
June 15th: Used long hook to clear worst of verge to Trekensa
May 31st: Mowed track down to Trekensa
May 22nd: Cleared the lower drain on the track which was surprising arduous. Must have been a large build up of debris an mud since I last checked. I notice it wasn't working during the last thunderstorm where water was pourng down the track to Trekensa.
May 19th: Mowed track down to Trekensa
May 10th: Mowed track down to Trekensa
May 8th: Use brushcutter to clear the dog-leg by Trekensa
May 3rd: Mowed track down to Trekensa
April 22nd: Mowed track down to Trekensa
April 15th: Mowed track down to Trekensa
April 6th: Mowed track down to Trekensa

Backlog: To Do

August 13th, 2017

2020

August 22nd

Top oak by Trekensa Gardens

29th March 2019

ELF Trust Update

July 24th, 2024

August 29th 2026 | July 22nd 2026

June 7th 2026

RE: Title CL 112991: Finally have 'letter of completion' dated June 3rd: but note there is still a charge on the land that I now will work on removing Aug 29th: It may not be worth the effort removing the charge:- Reasons to follow . . .

April 2026

Spoke to Land Registry, my concerns are being passed on.

28th November 2025

Spoke to Land Registry, they are just busy and emailed to apologise. I also have a number I think maybe related to the ELF trust trust |\|01 :: 474214010144

30th October 2025 :: 22:13

Still waiting on updated title from land registry. Meanwhile here is text for a 2023 update to the ELF trust. It seems Ok so will work on that. It comes under IELU.

8th October 2025 :: 19:00

Having waited about 6 months for a title transfer I am about to register the ELF trust anew with only some 16 acres as an asset. The other 23 will have to wait.

Some of the trust document will be amended and be more expressive of a moral nature than an ethical one. I.e. The focus is on how a person makes demands and is reliant on resources, rather than how the resources themselves are important as a commodity that requires a sustainable exploitation.

Some details of the thinking can be found on associated site whereas this site is largely a diary of the ethical activity used as practices to evoke the moral soul, not the ethical spirit.

For such thoughts you may read :

IELU ( Increasingly Ecological Land Use) on the moral and ethical issues of using land; and other thoughts on how and why the way is to use less by engaging with more empathy and focus.
ELF transition text written before the de and re registering of the ELF trust.
Various related 'sites' at ELF Server

Not possible to work on Gov site as my login details seem to apply to only the closed ELF so will call tomorrow (https://www.gov.uk/find-hmrc-contacts/trusts-enquiries) Telephone: 0300 123 1072

Trust Closed via Inland Revenue and Land Registry: See Page 2
ELF Trust removed from titles on 10th January 2025
TransferringTitles for Use as IELU 30th April 2025 . . .
Special thanks to David Searle: Notary

Having found no other beneficiaries or trustees to manage the land, the remaining two trustees Michal Lovejoy and Roger Lovejoy agreed to close the ELF trust: Acknowledged by: Stephen Morris of the affiliated Riverland trust. The land shall still be known as 'ELF' until disposed of. Given the proprietor's duty to care for the land those not taking responsibility for the land will be removed from the relevant titles. As per the ELF Trust deed (Rule 19) the land shall be invested in the only existing beneficiary, who will continue to implement an Increasing Ecological Land Use(IELU)to better further the ethos of the ELF trust.

Act 1: Remove Form B restriction from titles using RX3

July 24th: Trust closed via Government Gateway. ✅
August 16th:Trustees sign Closure Document ✅
August 17th: RX3 with aforementioned documents enveloped and ready to send to :
H M Land Registry Citizen Centre, PO Box 74, Gloucester, GL14 9BB ✅
August 20th: Sent RX3 with aforementioned documents and amendments ~ see comment. ✅
August 27th: Acknowledgment of receiptby Land Registry. ✅
January 10th 2025: I have just received from the Land Registry that the closure of the ELF trust was viable and I have received a new set of titles for all three properties. ✅

Initiating: See comment 3

Act 2: Transfer of Titles to Beneficiary

Transfer tiles to beneficiary: Transfer requires AP1, TR1 and 2 x ID1
ID requires documents [2 photos] and [Notary]
Documents may be: [Water bill] and [Council tax]

Scene Change

From this point on the beneficiary will provide financial recompense to the ELF trust settlors to further their own ecological future (ielu) (ielu is Latvian for 'way')