Pieter, Andy and I met up this morning to lend a hand to the lovely Mr P and Mrs S on their allotment. They've been working on it for about three years and have made a lot of progress, but a big compost heap was in need of taking down and the contents distributing around the allotment. On our group runs in Newham we're often redistributing a pile of mulch over at Hackney Marshes adventure playground, so this felt like familiar territory, albeit with a manure based substance instead.

Having got the structure down and compost out, it was time for a coffee break and a chat with Mr P and Mrs S, and some of their allotment neighbours, who were interested to see what we were up to. We then got on with laying down some pallets where the compost heap had been and also laying out some paving for a path. Turns out Andy and Pieter are expert at deploying the well known leap-up-and-land technique of bedding down the slabs, impressive to watch! A few rotten pallets were broken up and bagged for disposal, then we were on our way following a productive and most enjoyable mission. Mr P and Mrs S were very grateful for our efforts, hopefully it'll be looking great in the summer, bearing lots of fruit (and veg).