On Tuesday evening, Jackie, Lil, James and I went to Keresley Orchard to link up with Sharon and Steve. Our objective was to water as many of the 63 trees as we could, clear brambles and rubbish. Jackie started with some litter picking with Sharon before moving her focus onto bramble clearing. Steve led the bramble clearing with the strimmer with Jackie, Lil and James assisting. I was on watering duty, 90 seconds per tree with an 80 m hose which had a few connections to keep an eye on! We were lucky to have Bruno the dog make a guest appearance and bring a smile to all! We made sure not to disturb the hedgehog water stations. 2 young Keresley lads came to warn me about scorching the grass with the water, bless them! We are looking forward to further visits to see how they're getting on.

Tuesday evening, Ahmed, Laura, Lucy and I met at the library before heading to Kersley Orchard to link up with Sharon and the rest of the volunteers. This session was carrying on from the last GoodGym visit. We arrived and attacked the grass that had sunk its roots deep into the tarmac paths, clearing the way for better disabled access. Ahmed, a new member on his second deed in two days, got stuck into one of the pathways, digging and scraping the grass off. Lucy, Sharon and I worked on another pathway, while Laura was on compost duty, shifting all the dug-up turf. A few other volunteers were clearing brambles. Ahmed made the strangest discovery of the night a lone random egg just sitting there! I looking forward to another visit to see how they're getting on with it.

What a beautiful space the residents of Keresley Village are creating. The progress they have made is amazing, its is going to be such an incredible place for people to enjoy.

Some back breaking work going on tonight pulling up some turf to make way for a path to enable wheelchair users to have access to the area.

Also lots of brambles and rubbish to clear to make it more user friendly and add a community garden to grow veg.

Really impressed with all they have achieved and we look forward to helping out again very soon!

Great work tonight everyone ⭐️