Today Peije and I braved the cold and sawed sticks for the Morris team. I do feel slightly obliged to as I am the member of the side wearing out the most sticks on an annual basis. It is in fact a nice area of nature in the middle of Maarssen (link).

It is also an interesting way to bring back one of my old interests (nature and forest management) in combination with Morris dancing. In fact I used to chop down American Oak trees in another wood near Utrecht (Beerschoten).

Peije certainly did a good job and was very happy with his Opinel peeling the sticks. We now have a good collection of 50 more Ash sticks. That should keep us busy for another year...