2023 Diary

Alan, Astrid and Dave in the cemetery today (17 December 2023), following a number of weeks rained off it was nice to get back in if only for the exercise. First job was the Frampton 13-1 grave, it was decided to place the Baker pot (13-49) and the Gingell broken shield (13-37a) found recently in […]

No rain today (19 November 2023) so Alan, Rita and Dave met in the cemetery, to find the leaves falling fast from the trees and the grass growing fast as well! First job today was to sort out the Bradford heart shaped plaque sadly broken in many pieces and found in the Trotman grave Plan

Having looked at the weather forecast Alan decided he would go into the cemetery on Saturday in case of rain on Sunday (28 and 29 October 2023). His first job was to trim the saplings from the Ash tree at the North end of the cemetery, this completed he moved to the ‘new’ hedge and

Astrid, Alan and Rita met with two of the Somerset Councils tree team at the cemetery early this morning for tree planting. The workers unloaded their lorry of 5 trees, irrigation pipes, stakes, tree straps, wheelbarrows and spades while the Friends watched on (well, Alan did assist in unloading the trees over the wall). Four

How lucky were we to have a lovely sunny day two weeks running in between days of rain (22 October). Alan, Dave, Astrid and Rita all arrived within 5 minutes of each other and met up at the top end of the cemetery to admire the work of the Somerset Council tree team who had

Another nice sunny day (15 October 2023) for the workers, Astrid, Dave and Alan. They got stuck in and cleared up all the debris at the top end of the cemetery that had been piled up by Alan when working in the cemetery at the beginning of the week. The team then moved down to

The old saying ‘Make hay while the sun shines’ was put to good use today (9 October 2023) when Alan went in and finished clearing the ivy and undergrowth from the top end of the cemetery. He also picked up the larger of the hedge cuttings, cut by our friendly neighbour and took over to

A lovely hot sunny day for Dave, Alan and Rita to slog in the cemetery today (8 October 2023). All three were busy at the top end of the cemetery by Jam Factory Lane clearing the overgrown undergrowth preparing the area for tree felling and planting in a few weeks time. Five dumpy bags were

Alan, Rita, Astrid and Dave in the cemetery today (1 October 2023). Weather cloudy but warm. Rita and Astrid concentrated their efforts at the top corner next to Jam Factory Lane clearing the area of brambles, weeds and thick grass that was started by Miles and Astrid last week. Alan and Dave continued work on

Alan, Dave Astrid and our chairman Miles in the cemetery today (24 September 2023). Although there was the threat of rain, it turned out to be a warm and sunny morning. Nice to see Miles down from Glasgow and rolling his sleeves up to get stuck into some work he enjoys. Alan and Dave set