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Just Dave Chris and Astrid (and of course Parsley) as Rita and Alan were self-isolating at home. The grass has been partially cut, and we presume the council will return on Monday to finish this off. They had also been in to empty all the dumpy bags, so Astrid packed them all into several of […]

Another nice sunny day for Alan, Rita, Dave, Astrid and Chris to work in the cemetery. Today Alan worked on the Hodge 13-53 grave that Dave, Chris and Astrid cleared last week. Once the ivy had been removed it was identified that the posts and kerbs were out of position and needed to be moved

Alan, Astrid, Dave and Chris in the cemetery on this bright and sunny day. Alan and Dave concentrated on the Sandy grave 13-45 where work started last week. The centre slab was levered back into place and the kerbs and posts cemented back in position. Dave left Alan to finish off tidying around the Sandy

 lovely sunny day, just Dave, Alan and Rita working in the cemetery today. On Friday Alan went in the cemetery to work on the Dodden 9-42 in preparation for cementing the kerbs and posts back into position. All the old cement was removed and everything slotted into place perfectly. So today work started straight away

Astrid, Dave, Chris, Rita & Alan in the cemetery today. The first job was to move the dumpy bag that was half full of rubbish and possible needles that a couple had left after they had been squatting in the cemetery some time ago. To make it safe, the bag was tightly tied and put

Dave Chris, Astrid Alan & Rita in the cemetery today. The first job was to clear the ivy off the front pillar and clean up the front of the cemetery along the front path on Wembdon Road. (The other side was cleared last week). This done everyone made their way down to the end of

Astrid, Dave, Alan, Rita and Chris in the cemetery today. On arrival it was noticed that a large branch had fallen from one of the large trees at the front of the cemetery. This was cut up and put in a dumpy bag, while in the area it was agreed that the hedge by the

How lucky with the weather, it stayed dry right up until we were leaving for home! Rita and Astrid noticed that our kind neighbour on the Wembdon Road had trimmed the hedge again. Did he hear us say we were amazed at how it had grown so fast! We thanked him for his hard work

Rita & Alan arrived earlier than usual as they planned to leave early. So before the others arrived Alan started work on the Roman grave A19. The kerbs had come apart and the end kerb was broken, he chipped away the old cement and lined the kerbs in position, when Dave arrived they mixed up

Alan, Rita, Dave and Astrid in the cemetery today who were joined by a new volunteer, Chris. Alan was in the cemetery on Wednesday to cut back the roots and branches from the Yew tree that had taken over the Miller F9 grave. SDC groundsmen were in cutting the grass. Alan and Dave sorted out