Lettuce Help

A great day for running, and 12 runners to enjoy it! We left Roll for the Soul and scampered down to Grow Bristol, a new project aiming to develop hydro and aquaponic methods of growing food. We had several new people along for the run – welcome newbies!

Dermot, the brains behind Grow Bristol, gave us a little introduction to the project, and then gave us various tasks at the site. The Lord Mayor of Bristol is due to visit shortly, so we needed to tidy the site up a little by building a path through the site, plus some poly tunnels needed small hummocks of earth built up at their entrances to help retain moisture. Lastly, as the site was being spruced up, a lot of weeding was needed. For 45 minutes, the team attacked with great vigour. We’d been joined by Joanna, a lady who simply happened to be waiting near the entrance to the site – a friend had let her down at the last moment, so she decided to come and help.

The path was created, weeds were pulled, and dykes were built, and all too soon it was time to run back, but not before Dermot presented us with a couple of bags of freshly picked salad to munch on.

With the bags clutched in our hands, we had a steady run back to Roll for the Soul, stretched and departed, ready to do good another day.