Well, we made good progress this week, but didn't quite get to the place we hoped to. This was in no way a reflection on the amazing efforts of all the volunteers that worked tirelessly to complete the timber edging, barrow the stone, spread it and compact it, but was more a result of needing some finer grade stone to aid the binding of the top layer in places.
On Wednesday we were grateful for help from Ian and the Forest of Bradford volunteers (and Ian's pick up) for helping with a further 24 bags of stone. That's just about 24 tonnes. And a further 6 were delivered on Thursday. So in all we barrowed roughly 55 tonnes across the field. That is some work out.
In addition to all the path work a team made a great job of leveling the turf in the area adjacent to the park. A fairly rudimentary approach to landscaping but with plenty of potential to create a great wildflower bank.
At times there seemed to be a comical comparison to the work going on next door at the new secondary school build. They are all hard hats, high viz, machines and neat shrubs. We are all manual labour, hard work and dedication. In all there have been 101 'volunteer days' worked over the past three weeks. Thank you everyone.