Monthly Archives: June 2011

Despite heavy rain at 9 am, a stalwart crew met up in the car park on King Lane at 10 am to carry out this morning’s tasks.  In fact by 10 am the rain had stopped and it turned into a very pleasant morning.

Three tasks today:  some of us litter picked; some cleared branches and foliage from the bridges over Nanny Beck to open it up and make it more of a feature;  and some of us cleared foliage and leaf mould from the path between the Buckstones and King Lane and from the footpath on King Lane.

We finished at 12, astonished at what can be achieved with a little concentrated effort!

Judith, Stephanie and Tom prepared a great display for our stand at the Community Association Gala and by 12 noon we had a wonderful looking stand – thanks are due to Alan and Diane, Adrian and Catherine for help in putting it up (apologies if I have not mentioned anyone).

Unfortunately a few minutes later the rain started and other stalls and stands started to disappear.  We, the Parish Council, Walkabout and the Alwoodley Sinfonietta all moved our stands in concert up to the lawn outside the ACA bar, but, sadly, the rain settled in for the afternoon and by 3.30pm, cold and bedraggled – but spirits unbowed – we packed up.