At Stalybridge there's a lot to be done to get the boatyard up and running again. The last couple of years of pandemics, my own health difficulties and the chronic lack of volunteers that so many charities have been struggling with have left it cluttered and overgrown.
Today Andrea came to help again, with her son James. They attacked the excessive foliage to open up part of the yard that had become almost inaccessible. In the process they built up a huge pile of brash that I hope will be transported away by boat and then incinerated in a Solstice celebration.
In the front garden we cleared some of the weeds and planted some new plants and lots of wild flower seeds.
James and Andrea hard at work
And smiling for the camera.
Fuel for a future Solstice celebration.