On Sunday morning, in the remnants of Storm Darragh, a lone GoodGymmer strode forth. The plan had been to help them plant 1,000 bulbs. However, they didn't have enough gear for this so I was relegated to a quieter corner of the park to work alone.

The task? To dig a hole near the entrance to one of the grottoes where we had previously cleared the foliage. This wasn't s pointless job though, there were two reasons for the digging. Firstly, they need to dig down to clear the entrance way of earth, as the stairs and entrance to the grottoes are under a good 100 years of gathered topsoil. Secondly, there is a need for some topsoil to fill in some 'dents' in the topography.

I managed a reasonably pile in the hour I had, but the Earth was thick with roots and rocks, so wasn't easy to break up.