Fantastic day!

[purpletigron]

I made it to my first of the twice-yearly 'tidy up sessions' at the local community garden. I had to get on their mailing list to do it, as I always see the posters too late. To the casual observer, I did some light litter-picking, gossiped a lot, and scarfed a fistful of vegetarian choccie biccies. I stopped when I thought any more would start to tire me.

However, a keen eye would have spotted lots of information gathering and sharing, and a number of new acquaintanceships forming. One of the three local councillors, two police and three community support officers were actively helping out. I've also learned a lot about the recent history of the community garden, including the saga of the 'house with planning consent' which backs on to it, and the geysers from the culverted stream when there's a storm surge.

Extremely worthwhile, and I wish I'd had the oomph to phone the up when I spotted the first post 3.5 years ago! I hope I have the spoons to go to the public meeting on Shared Space in the Ward tomorrow evening ...

Comments

[sammywol.livejournal.com]

Excellent use of spoons there young lady! It must be gratifying to meet people with so many things in common with you, especially with N probably being on the move. Go you!

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Good stuff!

And now you know how many spoons it costs so you can plan for next time.

Our next dept off-site will be ragwort picking on Greenham Common. I have put myself down for "light duties" as I'm not sure what my back will be up to by then. I will let you know how it goes. (See - even evil empires can sometimes act for good).