GOATS! There's something about Bristol GoodGymmers and goats, they're a major motivating influence on getting good done!

A double header community mission for four GGers on a surprisingly sunny but very chilly afternoon. Zdeni had bought beautifully tonal gloves especially :-)

Part 1 - Cherry Tree Wind Tunnel

We've been here before, but it was looking a little left out and in need of a spruce up, so we set about collecting up some of the fallen leaves that were turning into lovely leaf mulch but blocking the wall - that's been saved for the team. We weeded lots of small weeds that were taking nutrients from the bulbs that are all pushing through the surface and even starting to flower. Across the road, we weeded the traffic island and collected litter from the other art of the garden. We'll look forward to being back in the spring but might not find any more monster trucks and mittens.

Half-time - back to Windmill Hill City Farm Cafe

A warm up was needed, so we repaired to the cafe for our second coffee of the day, having enjoyed it so much after junior parkrun this morning. And wwe may have popped to see the goats before starting the big litter pick.

Part 2 - Reaching those parts of the Farm that others can't reach

We'd noticed lots of litter on the City Farm side of the boundary fence, normally we can't reach it but as it's deep winter, the hedges were bare AND we had Mr Grabby Hands courtesy of Bristol Waste so we could get to far more litter than previously. Oodles of bottles, cans, fast food wrappers and other rubbish, plus some random large bits of metal and, sadly, a syringe by the kids' den-making area so we reported that find. Alex also got stabbed by a spiky berberis plant, but we extracted the splinter and she carried on bravely. We were able to sort our collection into the City Farm's snazzy recycling bins and started the rave new game, "sheep or goat". We think it'll catch on. We could tell which ones were pigs. :-)