www.northern-slopes-initiative.co.uk The Slopes are four areas of green open space situated 3 kilometres to the south of the centre of Bristol.
146 GoodGymers have supported Northern Slopes Initiative with 81 tasks.
Saturday 14th March
Written by Bristol runner
A mixture of jobs today. The first, helping to lay a gravel path by making a bit of a gulley then filling with the gravel. Will hopefully be less muddy now for people wanting to use it. The second was continuing cutting back vegetation from the railings up the steps and litter picking. At the end the edges were looking pretty impressive.
Great to be out in the sunshine again :)
Until next time…
Saturday 14th February
Written by Bristol runner
No big green super beings today ( see slightly tenuous report title) but there was the continuation of cutting the large amount of brambles away from the path to get on with.
After a while we turned our attention to moving the humongous amount of junk up to a collection point further up the steps. It is incredible what people leave! From a bar stool to the top of a lamppost… anyway after an hour or so we called time and after the traditional chocolate biscuit (I went Twix) we headed off to the next task.
Until next time…
Saturday 10th January
Written by Bristol runner
A crisp but surprisingly sunny day awaited us on the Northern Slopes. Today's task was to cut back a large ensemble of brambles so passers by see the area as less of a dumping ground. After an hour ish we had to stop shearing and you could really see the difference. Just time for a biscuit before heading on our way.
Until next time...
Saturday 13th September 2025
Written by Bristol runner
Three there were to battle the Northern Slopes. The jobs today were to do some scything to help combat fly tipping, the now traditional litter pick and clearing a wildlife path of overgrowing plants. The weather was surprisingly sunny and it’s always a pleasure to help out here.
I only took one picture so you’ll have to take my word for it but the Northern Slopes were looking pretty dope at the end (don’t think I’ve every used that phrase before but the title is a play on it so I had to use it).
Until next time…
Saturday 9th August 2025
Written by Phill Stone
We had a lovely sunny morning up at the slopes, and we welcomed 3 new people to GoodGym this weekend too! Very happy to have Shayne, Megan and Cosmina join us and grateful for the tremendous effort litter picking! Freya and myself opened up the top path again, which had become quite the obstacle course. overall a massive improvement to the area in only one hour!
Top work everybody, thanks for coming along!
Saturday 10th May 2025
Written by Phill Stone
The task today was to make a new path connecting Novers Lane with the Bommie Path and improve access to the natural beauty spots fond on the slopes. Bit tough as the grass was much harder to cut that the brambles, but we did manage to make a new line. Just need people to walk it in now!
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