A warm but not yet scorcio Saturday saw 5 Goodgymers bramble on over to Global Gardens for a bit of clearing up. We pulled and cut back brambles which were encroaching on the fire pit area. We weeded under and around the canopy. We also cut the brambles back behind the canopy to reveal 2 (of the 3?) fruit trees we helped to plant last autumn - a Gala apple tree and a plum tree. Hoorah!

It was hot, it was sticky, it was prickly - but it was good to see the results after a solid 2 hours worth of work. Now everyone can enjoy sitting around the fire, or hanging out under the canopy (in the hammock!), without getting scratched by those pesky brambles.

This was the first of 2 tasks on the day, so read on ...