Such a lovely morning with FoSOC, of which I am now a member lol Great bunch of people, Great bunch of people...my arms are killing me but we moved out a lot of brambles!

I had a great time helping out at the local infant school Christmas Fete - I got to run the cake stall! But really i wanted to join in as so many great games and prizes to be won. I wanted to guess the name and win the mahoosive CapyBara. I helped to pack away after too - shifting boxes and packing away.

Barcode scanning at a rather wet Southampton parkrun today.

We were feeling very festive this evening as we got to help decorate Santa’s grotto. Some of the team counted out presents that Santa has had delivered early (well you know what the post is like come Christmas!). Others started off by assembling one of the Christmas trees which took a lot of fluffing! Abby was in charge of making sure we all kept to the aesthetic which was apparently red and gold. In the final moments though someone decided a purple bauble must also adorn the tree! We can’t wait for all the visitors to see the finished grotto soon. It’s Chrissssssssstmasssss!!

This evening we gave the hedge a good trim, sifted soil ready for seedlings and turned one of the compost bays 😊

Philip and Stephanie joined Friends of Portswood Rec on a perfect sunny Saturday morning to help give the garden some pampering. We were tasked with clearing an area in a shady spot and filled a large bag full. Now the spot is ready for the local Scout group to plant some native English Bluebells which will delight everyone next year when they flower. There is always a refreshments break organised by Denise and her welcoming team of volunteers.