The Ploughing day

What a fantastic start for our allotment site! On the 7th of Feb South Molton Vintage Rally Club came to Woolacombe with their tractors and ploughed out the 21 full size plots leaving 1.4 metre paths of the meadow between the plots. Thanks so much to them and Linda who all worked so hard to make it such a memorable day and they raised several hundred pounds for charity. Thank you to Woolacombe School children who have a full size plot of their own, and treated us to two wonderfully original performances. Thanks Also to Giles our wonderful vicar who blessed the site and the soil. To Angus from the red barn who donated a keg of Beer and Peter Robinson from the Museum of British Surfing, Jack and friends who looked after the time lapse camera. and to Skelly for his tune on an English concertina. And of course a huge thanks to Jonathan our local NT warden who has supported us all the way and to Robin May who gave up this part of his field from his tenancy, without his generosity we wouldn’t have the best possible site for our plots!

it opens tomorrow!

Yes the last preparations are being made for the official opening of the allotment site.

A huge thanks to Jonathan Fairhurst our Local National Trust warden who has been so brave! Its Jonathan and his hardworking team that have enabled us to achieve so much so quickly and it was the confidence in our vision of the NT land manager Steve Mullberry that got us a site right next to the village.

And in a long list of people to thank we have Robin May who relinquished part of his field from his tenancy so we could have our site in the best possible place. Linda and Robert from the South Molton Vintage Rally Club who ploughed out our plots. David Kenard, Wayne Copp and Nick Zeal who have all helped with advice, support, manure and more!

Watch this space next week for a video of the ploughing day and pics of the opening ceremony!

Richard

Jonathon and the National Trust

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