This week we tried to get our triangle of benches in place. Sadly it was not to be.

Max asked if he could do his DofE with us, so we gave him all the usable bits of the smashed up bench, and said “see what you can make out of this lot”!!

The plan was to have three benches in a triangle to represent the recycle motif. Sadly, due to some really heavy substance under the ground, we had to abandon the idea. We are sitting on a culvert so it might have been something to do with that.

So we set the other two benches on the other side of the path. It gives people the option of sitting face to face if in pairs, or singular if alone, or sit on one bench and use the other for a flask of coffee and biscuits. The permutations are endless!!!

The bench recycle layout was probably a little bit of vanity and a little bit of virtue signalling from my part, anyway. The good thing is that these benches are made from an old bench that was given to us, that we upcycled, a couple of years ago. What we see today is the third incarnation of that original bench!! Well done Max on making this happen. A well deserved Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Just when you thought that you has dodged that little bit of a virtue signalling, I am gonna catch you with another…

I have started my collection of local wildflower and grass seeds. Or course we will be buying a decent seed mix, but we do collect a lot of local seeds from various places to keep adding to the biodiversity.

Lastly, the path up and down and our coffee and cookie break.

By now you should know the drill… Support us via the Patron link above, or even better, join in. To be doing something with others on a regular basis, and with purpose, is so good for mental wellbeing.

Until next week!

Paul