Continuing the good work from last week, dead hedges were made, areas cleared of weeds and wood, and general tidying done. Lots done but lots still to do on a future visit.

Good to see a new project take shape and see the difference a big group of volunteers can make. Picture of dead hedge/screening made for befuddlement purposes. And the carpet of crocuses/croccii looking amazing

Until next time…

We have made so much difference to the winter view of the Burial Ground - lots of the previously-hidden gravestones can now be seen as soon as you enter the green space as the bramble forest has been cut to just a few inches - now to see what happens in Spring...

We were joined by Jen for the first time, a recruit from Greville Smyth junior parkrun volunteering, who quickly joined in the chopping mission to find the ground as well as the gravestones. Operation Find The Wall is now underway, having successfully cleared all the way to the far path.

Soundtrack for the evening was mostly experiences of volunteering at Glastonbury (trying to stop festival-goers contaminating the watercourses by encouraging them to use the provided loos) to childhood experiences of being blamed for things which a sibling had done, including sibling's graffiti-ing walls or windowsills in a less-than-sophisticated way. But also times the GoodGymmer had been the sibling causing the mischief...

Lots of chat and lots of chopping, Richard B as ever getting as much done in their Solo spot as the rest of us put together. The Whirling Dervish of Bristol GoodGym.

Time to pack up and move out, Vaguely Northern Darren went back to look for Melanie's missing non-gardening glove which was mysteriously found under the now quite soggy lights in her bag - if only there was a light on whilst putting the lights in the bag...

The rain and chill had lessened considerably for the journey back and we were lulled into a fall sense of dryness and warmth at Workout as we enjoyed our post-run/walk tea, hot chocolate, chai or pint. Until we were putting soggy hats, gloves and jackets back on. Roll on the bramble-growth of Spring but also warmer rain!

Our first visit to the newly rejuvenating Green House in Bedminster, under new management since the Council pulled out a while ago.

We were part of a larger volunteer gathering concentrating on the outside space - garden, seating, a pond and a LOT of piled up chopped branches and old wood combined with litter.

Choosing the live hedge-trimming and dead branch/wood sorting, we were soon chopping and dragging choppage away, plus a lot of chatting. We managed to get loads done and after about 90 minutes got called inside for homemade soup - what a treat!

We managed to pack up just before the rain started with a plan to be back again next week, fingers crossed.