Fab session with Gordon, Zoe, Dan, and others for Ardwick Climate Action Saturday session 🌱🌳☘️

We were out clearing and maintaining the sites across three locations in Ardwick.

First was near the blood donation centre, litter picking, weeding near the bed and sign, raking the leaves, and clearing the cycle path where it narrowed. We topped up the stones before moving on.

Second was on a patch near the A6, where we dug up the earth and overgrown grass to lay a more permanent path to the sign. Rusted metal used to line the edges, with stones laid down too. We planted lots of daffodil bulbs in the vicinity and cut away low hanging branches and lopped competing tree growth from the planted trees nearby.

Third was on Ardwick Green, weeding and clearing weeds and grass from the bed near the sign, trimming the hedge by the main road, and generally clearing the area.

Very productive session and we'll be helping out again on the Scouts Plot next weekend.

Had to leave for a mission afterwards plus Juno and I were out checking the course at Fletcher Moss first thing in the wonderful morning fog.

Perhaps reflecting the need for the #ThisGirlCan #LetsLiftTheCurfew initiative to improve the safety for running in the darker, winter months, it was just the one person running this evening 🏃‍♂️🔦🏃🏼‍♀️

Warm evening and much better weather with little wind and rain making the running conditions better than over the weekend. Nice couple of pints of finest Yorkshire stout at Sandbar afterwards with Fanette who came straight from work.

First session at Burnage community library for us. Nice and well stocked library with lots available for local kids to read and use, including an enclosed garden, which was where we were needed today.

With the Wendy house waiting on the base and some parts missing for the gazebo, we pivoted to making the new storage container, with the previous one having broken.

With a screwdriver 🪛 and some GoodGym elbow grease, and wonderfully fuelled by banana bread and coffee, we managed to put it together, with the shelving inside left open if needed.

Thankful for the refreshments and we'll be back to tackle other tasks in the future.

p.s. there was a quick re-rooting of a tree in front of the library that had seen better days, so hopefully it will survive 🤞