The dedicated benches that surround Edinburgh's beautiful Blackford pond used to number nearly 50! As 2010 begins that figure stands at 23!
It is our job to organise these remaining benches into some kind of order and ...
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Hardcore, Snow and Sledging
The beginning of the year saw a full mystery bus and even fuller biscuit box, as we re-visited Douglas Crescent Gardens to complete the second winding path with another few tons of hardcore (that's 'Type 1' to you aggregate ...
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Christmas Cheer At Hopetoun
This week we travelled in the BTCV mystery bus (complete with funky bonnet wreath) for some seasonal fun in the spectacular grounds of Hopetoun House in South Queensferry.
Each morning the smell of hot coffee drew Peter ...
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Edging closer to success
This last fortnight we have been engaged in a brand shiny new project, Douglas Crescent gardens.
Douglas Crescent gardens are gardens owned by the community living on Douglas Crescent and the surrounding streets. It is a ...
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Happy Tampers
This week saw the end of the project at Donkey Field Orchard (for now...). On Tuesday we had another 10 tonnes of hardcore delivered which needed moving before the edging could be finished, so it was all about shovels and ...
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