I attended the Hengrove & Stockwood Food Festival over the weekend. It was a great little community gathering with delicious foodie treats, childrens crafts and music and information about local food growing projects. One of the main attractions was an apple press from The Bristol Apple Press Collective. In front of your eyes they made juice using apples from the rediscovered orchard on Stockwood Open Space nature reserve and it tasted gorgeous.
After looking at a giant map of the area it got me thinking that it would be great to do a run or bike from Brislington to Stockwood Open Space. Its a beautiful area full of wildlife yet just on the doorstep of BS4. No need to get the car out. As with so many green spaces in Bristol this is also another area under threat of development. So get over there and check it out.
Hi Sharon
ReplyDeleteIt was good to meet you on Saturday. The apple juice from our re-discovered orchard was delicious, wasn't it - so different from what you'd get in a shop.
We mentioned mapping different walking and running routes; I've just used http://walkit.com/cities/bristol/ to put a short local route on (it was intended for the FoodFest's forage and photo walks). It's a bit limited, but may be good for making a bigger database of local routes. Or maybe you know better.....
Pete