Today saw our return to Bath Organic Group, after a very long hiatus. This used to be a popular mission and we were all looking forward to getting back into it.

We were casually greeted and given a quick fire guide of the tasks up for grabs. These included: hedge laying (not an easy task for the uninitiated, and I speak from experience), cutting back some pesky willow trees and our favourite, carting wheelbarrows of mulch and spreading it over a raspberry bed and a gooseberry orchard. As usual, we all got stuck in! Four of us: Kate, Cosmo, Meyrick and Emily turned their hands to carting mulch and gently setting it down in the beds. The ground was very frozen and it did feel like we were tucking the plants up tight and warm. Ruth and Bennath made friends with the willow trees and gave them a good haircut.

A massive congratulations to Ruth! Today's mission marked her 100th! Thank you for your hard work and support!

A visit to BOG isn’t complete without a tea break and they didn’t disappoint. About an hour in we were called in for tea and cake and we had the opportunity to chat to some of the lovely regulars. After a little pit stop we got right back to it, and as ever time flies and our time was up.

It was so good to be back, and everybody had a great time. Fingers crossed we can make this a regular event! Failing that, there is a Wassail on the 17th January and we might all go for a bit of a shout and a stomp around to help the apple trees. I was told that last year they had a bumper crop, so I expect there will be plenty of cider!

Thanks all!

I helped set up the Tuesday Toddler group at St Andrew’s Church in Foxhill, Bath.

I’ve been doing this for a year now, staying on for an hour to help with crafts.

Today was different as I stayed on to LEAD the crafts. As it was Epiphany (celebrating the visit of the Wise Men aka the three kings) we made star pictures.

Slightly chaotic but we survived, the only casualty being the lid of one of my new metallic pens.