That title got your attention right?!

Lambeth GG were back at it last night as a smaller (intimate?) group of us gathered down at Loughborough Farm to help Heather with the Orchard.

The evening kicked off in different fashion with Katie having to make do with Chuck Taylors instead of her running shoes, Tilly bravely running straight from work to hit a cheeky 15km for the evening and AA Yianny setting off from base on a solo run - most importantly the weather was perfect and we all made it down successfully!

On arrival Heather met us with garden forks, shovels and wheelbarrows and that meant we were in business, heading over to the orchard to help clear a pile of (we were told) Sticky Willy nettles and drop them on the compost pile along with some woodchip.

The best thing about the vening was not only learning some new names for plants but also receiving a lesson on composting - every day is a school day as they say - so we left not only happy doing some good but also a tiny bit smarter. (Not hard I heard someone say....)

So that was that, task completed and Heather very happy and keen to book in another session so we all set off and headed home for a well earned ice cream / dinner!

Thanks team and see you next time :0)

The crew were back at it on Tuesday evening, ready and raring to go with our monthly task down at Thorlands.

AA Yianny met with Dan and Tilly and then set off at a very leisurely pace towards Thorlands due to ageing knees!!

On arrival we were met by returning marathon hero Michael who smashed his Newport Marathon run (see pics) and on one day rest was back at it with us helping out his community (proof that not all heroes wear capes!)

We also had our resident cyclists Marie-Noelle and Paul already tooled up and rating to get on with the task of weeding, clearing and chipping the fenced off area for future use by residents.

Other than a few Blackberry thorns all went off without incident and we learned plenty from Simon about the invasive and other species we were dealing with as we went.

Another lovely task down and we move on hoping to enjoy the weather as the nights grow warmer and a summer picnic looms... Keep your eyes peeled for that one :0)

Thanks all and see you next time!