A bright clear October morning saw us gathering to help Manor Woods Valley Group prepare for their apple picking event next weekend. The harvested apples will be sent away for pasteurisation with the juice being shared between volunteering sessions and Withywood food bank.

We used shears to cut away any brambles and undergrowth that might restrict access to the fruit trees.

A productive morning spent in amongst the colourful Autumn leaves with the usual tea break at the end ☕️

Danica has put together a short video of the session here

Leaflets. Predominantly made of paper. A cornucopia of words and images designed to elicit a response from those that receive them.

This evening we were delivering these bundles of papery joy to the denizens of St Werburghs. Splitting into two groups we covered some of the local roads. The leaflets needing several folds to go through some of the trickier letter boxes. It wasn't long before we ran out of leaflets and we were done. Weeding anyone?

For fans of road names these are the ones we did:

Horley rd.
Sandbed rd.
Tyne st.
Cleave st (evens).
2/3 Mogg Street to 31 odd, 18 even.

Until next time...

A lovely day greeted us at the farm. Today we tackled a large area bordering the walled garden. With brooms and shovels we cleared the area and wheel barrowed up the debris to take to the compost. It was a sweeping success even with a screw loose. Then off for a coffee to start our days🌟

Three there were to battle the Northern Slopes. The jobs today were to do some scything to help combat fly tipping, the now traditional litter pick and clearing a wildlife path of overgrowing plants. The weather was surprisingly sunny and it’s always a pleasure to help out here.

I only took one picture so you’ll have to take my word for it but the Northern Slopes were looking pretty dope at the end (don’t think I’ve every used that phrase before but the title is a play on it so I had to use it).

Until next time…

luckily it was not as hot as last week when "faster than speeding greyhounds out of the traps", 4 Goodgymers finished off the leaflet deliveries to make sure everyone in the area served by the community centre were aware of the reopening and the great sessions and support available. In just over 2hrs we had covered the remaining streets, including Lodge Causeway from the top to past the greyhound hound pub which gave us a great photo op! well done Ady Janka and Freya!

See the separate post about the thank you party on 5th Sept, all welcome 🥳