It was a great time, wonderful weather and, at times, deeply moving. Thanks to all those who contributed to making the Three Greens Festival such a success. The parade was magnificent, full of colour and celebration. Apple pressing and wood weaving proved fascinating and the variety of music much appreciated. Brigstowe Village band in all their costumes.; Clube De Choro with a taste of South America and then in the evening Francisco and Emily brought us music, like few of us have heard before. Meanwhile Ed was taking trails round our nature heartlands and Shaun introduced us to the wildflowers. And there it was, Hobby horse and straw bales, stretch tent and hazel sculpture, Lyde and Emersons together, celebrating our relationship with the Earth.

We chose the date to coincide, as near as we could, with the Autumn Equinox, the time when day and night are the same length all round the Earth. And when it came round to the next Saturday, I realised how fortunate we had been, because it hammered down with rain. Should we do it again? What do you think?

Moving on from the festival, you will be interested to hear that major works are about to take place in the Park. In a few weeks time expect to see diggers and lorries engaged in desilting our ponds as well as others managing trees and generally improving the area around the ponds so as to encourage biodiversity. The ponds have been almost totally silted up this year, so this is all very welcome, even if it will cause some disruption in the short term. Our thanks to South Glos for keeping us in the picture.