Today four GGers met at a spot just off Tarling Road in East Finchley to help Grange Big Local prepare for the East Finchley Explorers Picnic.

A partnership of charities, coordinated by Grange Big Local, have come together to celebrate the soon to be opened new community centre in East Finchley. As part of this, a overgrown patch of land next to it is being taken over by a local trust to maintain it as a green space.

They needed help clearing it ready for teams of children to have an explorers afternoon through the woods before their picnic.

We attacked the space with loppers then rakes aiming to have a path cleared for the kids to explore.

A few hours effort and we were done. The council had dispatched a couple of forestry employees to show people the wildlife, whilst community representatives were very impressed with our work.

It's potentially a nice new green space so we'll hopefully be able to come back to continue our work.