As if we hadn't had enough of litter from the last session, we jumped straight into helping the Berry Maze with their Annual Easter egg hunt/community litter pick combo. Though this time, it was a bit tricker as the Malago river itself had many months of fly tipping building up. Only one way about it, wellies on! Freya and I got slightly damp and at points very stuck, but we did managed to get the bulk of crap out of the river(3 Tvs, 2 trollies, 1 wardrobe, 1 sound system, many many bags of clothes.) Frances, Jason and Rich had found a doorway into another world of fly tipping, mostly doors. 6 doors in fact! They also gave aerial support to us riverfolk with lifting bulky stuff out the other side. At the same time Emma and and Janka were busy clearing out the Berry Maze maze, keeping Barney happy is a very important part of the job, as his jokes get worse the more weeds there are in the maze. between us, the berry maze, and the locals, we managed to make a massive impact on the local environment, and green spaces. Big thanks to everyone who came along,

Another typical springtime gathering for the Northen Slopes gang, and the Parkrun gang, as we descended on the berry maze for a casual weed removal session. The weeds were growing stronger and herder to pull out, but that didn't stop Janka, Elliott, and Emma from clearing a whole plot of pesky weeds. Harsheh and rich also managed to get many new fences in the ground, while I was cementing in a new perimeter fence pole.

Really productive session, thanks for coming all!

A typical berry maze session this month, the new fence posts haven't been delivered yet, so back to weeding and edging. We did great bit of work and making the main pathway looking tidy. Big thanks to Emma and Janka for joining me, and resisting the temptation of Manor Woods!

More maze fun next month!

The second good deed of the day started almost as usual, but this time we found our missing Sara(she wasn't lost, just really busy, however GG missed her very much!) Nothing too far out of the ordinary otherwise, making good progress against the weeds ready for berry growing season, coming very soon. Thanks for coming everyone!

We had a fantastic session to round off our work in the maze this year, planting new berry vines in preparation for the years to come! Rich, Emma and I maze veterans now, and managed to plant way more than was expected from just the 3 of us. We had a fair bit of wind to handle too, top work all round! Thanks for coming everyone!

Another round of weed clearing down at the Berry Maze. A local resident had found out about the volunteering going on and wanted to help, which was lovely to see. After clearing up, Barney dished out some spare raspberry roots for us to take home, which was also lovely.

Cheers for making it out to the session, see you next time I hope!