Sunningwell Village - Saturday, 31st October 2026
Blog by Sally. Photos by Eleanor, Margaret and Sally We returned to the lovely village of Sunningwell on 31st October and it lived up to its name as it was another fine autumn day. There were 16 Green Gymmers and a number of villagers joined us as well. After parking in the village hall car park, local resident, Bob Evans, led us to his back garden so that we could leave our tools there and he explained the tasks he wanted us to do, which were to clear some vegetation from the village pond, cutting back overgrowing branches from the Green, clearing some vegetation from along the stream, scything vegetation from a small mound in the Green to allow some wildflower plants to be planted and also to scythe around some recently planted trees. The briefing Local residents take to the pond Simon posing for the "before" photograph The overgrown stream before work commenced to clear away some of the vegetation. The road is prone to flooding in winter. It's all hands on dec...