Six of us returned to Danesmead Wood for some woodchip barrowing in the autumn sun.

With woodchip mounds at either end of the path we split into two teams. Team one was made up of the people who arrived on time and team two those of us who either couldn't find the meeting or misjudged the Wednesday night traffic. Jude from the friends of the wood was marshalling our work to ensure the woodchip lasted long enough for the whole path.

We made light work of the task, finishing just over the planned hour. New member Douglas was barrowing like a pro by the end of the task.

Sadly Jude had not had chance to make the usual traybake but she did provide us with some excellent rocky road from the local M&S so no one went away disappointed.

The first clothes swap of autumn meant lots of summer shirts and dresses being swapped for warmer clothing. The three of us got our steps in putting out the new stock and keeping the place tidy. After an hour and a half, the numbers died down and we were able to depart with a job well done.

we met

we ran in three groups

we got wet

we ate food in the pub

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