A return visit to Southmead Hospital Allotment to continue helping to clear the turf from an area designated for a wildflower meadow, to create a relaxing space for patients and staff within the hospital grounds.

The weather was much kinder than our first visit here and the conditions for removing slices of turf were ideal following the recent rainy days.

We welcomed Ollie who was along for his first GoodGym task in Bristol, having previously been to a session in London, and it was great to see Molly again after a while. Both got really stuck in to the task in hand,

Freya managed to fit in a GoodGym workout ahead of her hockey match this afternoon and we were all left wondering if she'd have any energy left for that, and proved particularly adept at finding rocks buried in the soil.

It was one of those tasks where you couldn't resist getting involved and despite announcing that she would have to take it easy after parkrun, Melanie soon had a spade in hand and was clearing with the rest of the group.

The tools were great, properly getting the job done and Richard kindly forewent use of the shiny new spade, so that Ollie could use it.

We had 90 minutes of marking out, digging out slices of turf, and then barrowing these over to the boundary hedge to be deposited there. By the time we'd finished, we'd managed to clear about half of the area, so hopefully another couple of sessions will get the area finished and ready for planting in March.

Great work again everyone!

It was great to get started on a new task this morning, joining forces with Jason from the Southmead Hospital Allotment team and regular volunteer, Georgina, to start work on clearing space for the creation of a wildflower meadow.

Despite the persistent rain, we were far from miserable and it was lovely to welcome back Alexandra, now GoodGyming in Cambridge, but here in Bristol for a week and catch up on her news. We also welcomed Babu attending his first GoodGym task, and demonstrating great perseverance in tracking us down.

With Melanie and Richard making up our dream team we set about cutting out and removing slices of turf and made good progress until Jason finally called time on today's effort, but keen to have us back again.

Hopefully this will turn into a regular monthly session, as there's plenty to do here.

Great work everyone!