A small but perfectly-formed crack team of 5 Bristol GoodGymmers ran or walked to Brunswick Cemetery to meet up with Jo and Di of the friends group for some night-time spiral path finding.

We've been working more in the centre of the cemetery this summer and haven't spent much time on the spiral that has become weedy again so it was good to rediscover the gravel and crisp-ness of the edges.

Richard was, as ever, a gravel-finding master leaving the rest of us in his grass-loosened wake whilst Jason made good the top circle gravel. Vaguely Northern Darren specialised in emptying our smaller bags into the dumpy sack and Caroline worked down-stream on the spiral regaling us with stories of trying to get her chickens to help "mow" moss.

Lots of grass and weed roots plus soil later, the dumpy sack was heavy i deed, needing 4 of us to drag it to the edge of the cemetery and all having had a workout under the super moon!

Back to Queen Square as a bigger walking group, plenty more chat with a 90s soundtrack back at Club Haus before heading for home and Darren having his steak which was, of course, best before tomorrow, the 13th.

See you next week!

Lots of time clearing weeds (again) including some problem brambles and a chunky sycamore before hiding lots of bulbs to bring joy in the spring.

Warm and dull, just how we like our autumn mornings when we’re working in the Cemetery!

Tidying up a path junction and the bramble/buttercup/bindweed bound flower bed, a dumpy sack was soon filled with fewer weeds clinging on where they shouldn’t be and lots of chat had been had.

It may have been a gloomy morning but we brought our own sunshine and chatted away whilst clearing weeds and transplanting young plants to take their place.

The park wasn’t quite underwater so there was time for some weeding and mindful wandering and appreciating the results of all the work so far this year.

We turned our attention to a triangular bed that was away from other park users on a busy day in Brunswick Cemetery - the sun had brought everyone out to enjoy the lovely space we contribute to.

Brambles, bindweed and branches (the latter left by some commercial clearing without our tidying up skills) plus lots of Jerusalem Sage that’s spread too well in this bed, plus attempt 2 at cutting back the huge thistle, all in glorious sunshine.

The time flew by, then it was off to The Canteen for more chat and lovely lunch.