Fabulous progress in the Battle of the Bramble at Brunswick with Mark joining for his first visit.

Knowing his prowess with a saw at Ashton Court, he set to on a mahonia and buddleia to reduce the height and dragged his “clippings” to the growing pile of green waste for the gardeners to collect.

We also made progress on paths, de-butter cupping and chopping back some of the smaller tall grasses.

2026 is looking good in the cemetery!

There was chopping-a-plenty to clear autumn chopping back in time for the Morris Dancers at next week’s Wassail - twigs chopped into bags and big branches saved for a future dead hedge.

It’s a site we’ve helped at before and great to see the community making good use of the space with plans for making it even better for nature as well as locals.

With chopping, raking, brushing and lifting it was a good workout for us an we’re invited to the Wassail next week - win/win!

The shed might have been locked but our survey of future tasks (happening to pass the pens of farm animals) we chanced across a shopping trolley that had been dumped so jumped in to rescue and return it to ASDA - definitely a good deed and a workout where ALL the chambers of pavements and road are hugely magnified!