Our Chairman, John Batchelor, supervising the workers!
Congratulations to the team of helpers who arrived on site at 10 o'clock last Sunday to join the Working Party.
The first arrivals helped trim a birch tree at the entrance to free our Green Flag from its twigs.
Eventually we had quite a team. In addition to the normal reprobate volunteers (John Batchelor (#79), John Lack (#72) and John Ferry (#5) we had four extra volunteers. They were Patrick Fulton (#100/101a), Karl Forman (#111) and Mr & Mrs Stock (#43). (Apologies to the Stocks; they did tell me their first names more than once but my brain had not woken up!)
Then, while the main group of helpers did a quick tidy of the horse litter bin beyond the Trading Hut, removing the spillage off the roadway, the 3 Johns, Bachelor, Lack and Ferry, constructed a base for the post to hold the rope to demarcate the limits of the bin. While they finished off, the rest of us filled a trailer with roadstone from the heap at the far end of the site and began filling some of the potholes around the site. Eventually three trailer loads of material were filling potholes all round the site and in the entrance. A magnificent achievement!
PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY AND SLOWLY SO YOUR TYRES HELP BED IN THE LOOSE STONE AND NOT DIG IT OUT.
Finally we all gathered outside the Trading Hut for a slice of cake provided by Kay Power and a cup of black coffee - I forgot the milk! Sorry but a big 'Thank you' to everyone who helped in another successful session.
The first arrivals helped trim a birch tree at the entrance to free our Green Flag from its twigs.
Eventually we had quite a team. In addition to the normal reprobate volunteers (John Batchelor (#79), John Lack (#72) and John Ferry (#5) we had four extra volunteers. They were Patrick Fulton (#100/101a), Karl Forman (#111) and Mr & Mrs Stock (#43). (Apologies to the Stocks; they did tell me their first names more than once but my brain had not woken up!)
Then, while the main group of helpers did a quick tidy of the horse litter bin beyond the Trading Hut, removing the spillage off the roadway, the 3 Johns, Bachelor, Lack and Ferry, constructed a base for the post to hold the rope to demarcate the limits of the bin. While they finished off, the rest of us filled a trailer with roadstone from the heap at the far end of the site and began filling some of the potholes around the site. Eventually three trailer loads of material were filling potholes all round the site and in the entrance. A magnificent achievement!
PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY AND SLOWLY SO YOUR TYRES HELP BED IN THE LOOSE STONE AND NOT DIG IT OUT.
Finally we all gathered outside the Trading Hut for a slice of cake provided by Kay Power and a cup of black coffee - I forgot the milk! Sorry but a big 'Thank you' to everyone who helped in another successful session.
Thanks to John Bachelor, our chairman (#79), together with John Ferry (plot #5), John Lack (#64), John Child (#88x), Alan Ruck (#107a), Laurie Andrews (#41), 'Rollo' Reid (#88z) & Ron Clarke (#121).
When we get lots of volunteers we really can achieve a great deal.
Some of the above come along almost every time but cannot achieve much on their own. It is the number of 'one off' volunteers that make all the difference.
So please make it a New Year resolution to help out at least once in 2017!
I look forward to meeting you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Steve Godley (#52)
When we get lots of volunteers we really can achieve a great deal.
Some of the above come along almost every time but cannot achieve much on their own. It is the number of 'one off' volunteers that make all the difference.
So please make it a New Year resolution to help out at least once in 2017!
I look forward to meeting you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Steve Godley (#52)
Sunday 18th December
The last working party of 2016 was a great success as you will see as you enter the allotments!
Before the gate you can see that, to the right, plot 1, which is not suitable for cultivation, has been tidied up and the Green Flag now flies from a pole inside the plot. Using some of the debris the team blocked an access hole in the boundary fencing to make the site more secure.
The last working party of 2016 was a great success as you will see as you enter the allotments!
Before the gate you can see that, to the right, plot 1, which is not suitable for cultivation, has been tidied up and the Green Flag now flies from a pole inside the plot. Using some of the debris the team blocked an access hole in the boundary fencing to make the site more secure.
Working Parties
The committee arranges a working party each month on the second Sunday starting at 10o'clock.
It is hoped that all tenants will volunteer to help at least once a year. There are jobs for everyone, the fit and strong can do the heavy work and us older ones can do thejobs requiring experience and expertise!
With a team of volunteers it is surprising what can be achieved and the result is a tidier and more welcoming site for us all.
It is hoped that all tenants will volunteer to help at least once a year. There are jobs for everyone, the fit and strong can do the heavy work and us older ones can do thejobs requiring experience and expertise!
With a team of volunteers it is surprising what can be achieved and the result is a tidier and more welcoming site for us all.
Every little helps!
If you have a suggestion for something that needs doing please tell a committee member or send in a message via the 'Contact Us' page.
Currently we are undertaking to:-
- Clearing some vacant plots so they can be relet.
- Repairing the water tank lids following the winter.
- Tidying, re-stacking and repairing some of the manure/horse litter bins
- Delivering 'horse litter'/manure to members plots
- Respond to requests for help maintaining plots of those colleagues temporarily incapacitated
- Filling in holes in the trackways
- Clearing the end of the first track to provide parking so the turning bay can be left clear
- Cut the grass on plot 1 and prepare the ground.
- Harden the base of Manure Bin 4
Working Party Reports
January Working Party Report
On the other side of the track we returned the soil to the raised bed in the Special Needs plot.
Now John Lack (plot #72) can finish the fencing off for us.
On the other side of the track we returned the soil to the raised bed in the Special Needs plot.
Now John Lack (plot #72) can finish the fencing off for us.
To clear the way to the plot we had to tidy up the manure bin in front and we also put an enclosure round the water tap so the access to it should remain clear.
There are plans for grass and wild flowers.
