A recent expansion of Surplus To Purpose (SToP) to Stourton meant some of the quality checks and excessive waste was dealt by that side of the team making my time here a little easier ;)

Nevertheless, a new clean apron on, sleeves up and then sorted through the good and bad shallots, carrots, potatoes and breads. Did some carrying and cleaning. And met some wonderful people along the way. Great experience.

We had a fabulous morning clearing a path and pulling up invasive Golden Archangel at the Northcliffe Community Orchard today. It's a very beautiful and secluded gem of a spot hidden away in the communal area of Northcliffe allotments.

We're back on Saturday 6th June to make more progress on this lovely space.

What a busy couple of hours. Welcomed by Nikki. Sleeves up and then there was no looking back. Full power mode in action.

Sorted through the fruit and veg. Yes them satsumas again! Separated the good from bad. Stacked up the good ones in boxes for the customers. Stacked up boxes containing the bad ones in storage to be taken away. Quality checked through the free breads and put them out for customers to take.

Did some restocking and some cleaning.

Definitely needed some extra pair of hands.

A bright beautiful morning! Today we helped Val at Northcliffe Allotments while listening to the birds singing and chirping. Very calming while we got some hard work done.

Overgrown tree branches were cut down and bramble cut back in preparation for winter.

Bugs house was filled in with branches and leaves and an excess of branches and bramble moved into a pile for bonfire night on winter solstice.