In a change in weather from the snow/ice/rain warnings from yesterday, there was sunshine to be had at Brunswick Cemetery this morning.

An area that’s become progressively muddy over the last year, I was confident there was pure gold gravel to be found underneath. Sure enough, 6 inches down in places, there it was! With buttercups and normal grass evicted, nice grass re-positioned and a huge amount of soil redistributed, let’s see how this survives a few weeks of winter weather!

The last Monday morning of 2024 meant the last chance to find a bit more path and relocate the nice plants over growing the path to newly de-buttercupped flower beds - success all round!

Amazingly quiet in the cemetery where we got on with unearthing one of the paths - quite literally as we shifted earth as well as weeds that shouldn’t be there.

Having not chatted enough, we headed to Stokes Croft and found The Canteen about to open and serving coffee and tea - perfect.

Back to Mondays now

And all through the park There was weeding and chopping Bags filled, leaving our mark

Paths found and now tidy Brambles cut from the wall Grasses moved to a new home Wait for Spring they’ll grow tall. Or small.

Lots more weeding and the bags I lifted and carried were too heavy for the gardening team to lift…

A dry night and a short walk or run over to Brunswick Cemetery for a bit of path finding, either through the grass or through the mountain of leaves.

With a shortage of tools (who stayed in the dry) we were equipped with gloves, lights and pieces of repurposed cardboard to clear multiple bags' worth of leaves plus a couple of heavy grass to leave the area much tidier and less slippery for all the park users. And hopefully less space for the weeds to grow as we continue to make the space even better.

Next year, the spiral will be back to its full glory - thats our first New Year's resolution sorted!