We had a couple of tree related tasks this week for our group run. Part one was a run out to the hillside meadow on Stockingstone Road where there are some Hop Hornbeam trees, a more unusual variety of tree. We collected a bagful of seed from four trees and then deposited them in a secure location at Wardown Park for the council's tree officer Bob to use to increase the number and diversity of trees around town.

Moving on, we went a little further out to the Riddy Lane park where there are about 25 young trees recently planted. Our task here was to remove the weeds, check on the tree's health and report back to the council if any had not survived the exceptionally long hot summer. Fortunately most of the ones we inspected had survived but we only got half way through them before time was up and we had to head back into town. We'll be back to finish off next time!

All together we clocked up 8.5km!