While no one has yet been brave enough to tackle the five derelict allotments at the Canal Gardens site, B&NES council has at least cut the grass on the Lime Grove playground.

I asked for this to be cut a few months ago and, for the first time in three years, it has been mown. Just as the derelict plots are a habitiat for weeds and pests in the allotment site, the school playing fields were full of grass seed preparing to blow over the fence. A well maintained site is, of course, much more marketable for the council which is trying to sell the school land.

With the council finally tackling the allotment waiting list, is will anyone on it prepared to tackling the overgrown plots?