This previously much-loved family garden had been forgotten as Mr M went through difficult circumstances in recent years and subsequently been invaded by brambles.

As the brambles came away the garden's past was revealed as gooseberry bushes reappeared from among the thorny tangle. With this intimidating job done Mr M and family will be better able to keep on top of the gooseberry plot.

A team of six climbed the hill from town to The Chase, a grassland in development to become a biodiversity hotspot. To help it on it's way we were tasked with pulling up mugwort plants, a large woody herb that was becoming overly dominant, to make way for more delicate wild flowers.

After 45 minutes we had made a marvelous mound and headed back down the hill via a burst of situps, press-ups and burpees with sprint intervals in People's Park.