Saturday 2nd May
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Report written by Meyrick Williams (He/Him)
There were bells on a hill
But I never heard them ringing
No, I never heard them at all
'Til there was you
There were birds in the sky
But I never saw them winging
No, I never saw them at all
'Til there was you
So sang a young Paul McCartney in 1963. The link between GoodGym Bath in 2026 and the Beatles is that we were ourselves using a 'Till' today, to till the ground. It's a tenuous link driven by the need to find a decent pun but I'll take it.
I have attempted to add to the lyrics with my own, describing the task that drew Ruth, Aaron, Bennath and Meyrick to Bath City Farm on such a surprisingly sunny and warm April morning.
There were four on a hill
But I never saw them planting
No I never saw them at all
'til there was you
Fifteen Hazel trees
But I never saw their saplings
No I never saw them at all
'til there was you
Then there was digging
And wonderful poses
They tell me on steep sunbaked hillsides
Of brawn and hew
There were spades all around
But I never heard them digging
No, I never heard it at all
'Til there was you
(And just for the purposes of copyright, lyrics by Lennon-McCartney-Williams)
Bath City Farm was set up by the local community in the early 1990s, when the resident farmer retired. It gained charitable status in 1995. Over the past 17 years there has been considerable progress on site, including introducing our Soay sheep, goats, chickens, ducks and pigs, a pony and most recently a flock of guinea fowl
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