Soggy was the name of the game as the hardy GoodGym Bristol contingent headed to Dame Wmoly Park to see how much the loooong hedge had grown from the last careful pruning* of the hedge that separates the park from the school's forest classroom.

The already-carefully-pruned* section was looking great so we moved downhill to the next part of the challenge with whirling dervishes Rach and Marie armed with shears and loppers respectively, Frances and Richard teaming up for some chunkier trunks/branches, Caroline and Jason as Team Wheelbarrow getting the prunings cut back to a medium size for composting and Vaguely Northern Darren and Melanie flitting between tasks/holding up lights. Though EVERYONE had a head/neck torch which made things so much easier. Excellent choppage, everyone!

And this week we confirmed that trees/shrubs DO have a top and a bottom but horizontal branches don't, or don't know that.

*hacking back