On a very hot morning, two Goodgymmers went to help at the Saffron Acres Community Allotment. Nick had arrived early to meet the scything group and learn how to assemble a scythe, by which time Gillian had arrived. Along with a couple of regular scything volunteers we cut the long, very dry, grass under the fruit trees of the orchard. The trees made some very welcome shade. The hay was raked up into piles leaving the ground clear for collecting the windfall fruit. it was great to use traditional tools and methods in the tranquil allotment, rather than a modern petrol strimmer.