At kick-off, we realised that we had a lot of injuries to the team, and other team members on international duties so there were literally just three of us.

However, we pushed on as best we could. The first thing that we came across was the brook at our Brook View Bench.

It has turned a lovely chocolatey brown. If you’re a chocolate lover then this is what Willy Wonka dreams are made of.

We then noticed a load of wildflowers coming up in a lot of the pockets.

Bedstraws and creeping buttercup, amongst other things, according to the ID thing on my phone. Creating these pockets really is against the run of play. If it was just left unmanaged then it would be dense scrub and nothing else.

At half-time, we enjoyed a cuppa and some stem ginger cookies from Waitrose.

Despite us being down on numbers they were polished off pretty quickly.

In the second-half we tried to open up down the sides and create a sunlight shot right into the back of the scallop nets.

We need to get up the bank and really open up the last line of defence. It’s just poking through to create a clear shot on goal into the scallop.

We also made the willow trees look a bit more tree-like and a lot less bush-like.

We made a decent defensive line with the cuttings. This will be superb for wildlife.

We swept out from our half and pushed forward.

Plenty of open spaces created up the field.

I’ve managed to create another loop for the couch-2-10k thing that I’m putting together.

This one is about 5k and the next three take the route all the way to 10k. If you want to start on the first circular trail and build up, it’s all there for you, and a decent pub welcome awaits at the end.

Luckily we had a substitution this week and we were happy to see that someone had tried to build a den.

We also litter-picked to keep it looking good.

It wasn’t long before the final whistle blew and it was time to head back. We could’ve done with a bit of Fergie Time but we do it all again next week.

Dunchurch Bridleway

We started where Solstice Coffee Shop is and worked our way up the field.

It’s a decent 2k circular trek with a good coffee stop halfway around.

Loads of people are loving this in the village and because we make our paths wide enough for people to walk together two-abreast, rather than Indian-style single-file, it encourages conversation and stuff.

That’s it for this week!

Paul