Day 7 of BTCV Placement - Easterhouse, Glasgow Fort

Today we were in Easterhouse at the Glasgow Fort planting wild flowers in the service yard behind the complex.  We were still pretty tired from our 2 days at Loch Lomond clearing willow trees, but this was the last day before the weekend and were intent on getting it done at all costs.

The day started out miserable with the rain fair coming down, we made our way to the Glasgow Fort only to realise we'd forgotten the gloves..so it looked like the cold weather was going to be made better by having to plant with our bare hands.  Luckily though, we opened the first aid box and made good use of the rubber gloves in there =D ha ha.

After making our way to the service yard with a game plan of doing the work as swiftly as possible, we couldn't find the plants!!  We looked right up and down the grass and fencing but none to be found, so we went back to the van.  Only to decide on having a second look where we actually found them =P

The rain was pretty constant all day and we had 300 plants to work through.  With 6 of us, we made light work of the plants and managed to finish pretty early..which was more than welcome as we were all soaked through.  Not a good day to be kneeling on the soggy grass and not moving much, it certainly was a cold experience.

That's us now finished the planting for the whole area, very much pleased =)

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