A gazebo decorated with candles and decked with wonderful homemade food, was positioned strategically in allotment 1, so that one could sit and watch through the apple trees and soak up the atmosphere.
Children were playing, Sparklers were lit, marshmellows roasted and long bamboo sticks and in the classroom, more hot soup and a lovely spread of breads and cakes were beckoning people to come and savour the delights.
Although an evening like this is a superb social event, it also serves as our once a year clearing of wood and hedge cuttings activity. As yet, we have tidied a lot but hopefully the ambers will still be hot enough to finish off the last of the hedge cutting and burning tomorrow, leaving our allotments clean and tidy for the winter.
Karina Wells
November 2006
Photos by Mark Wells
