Spring 2020 Community News
Badger Farm � Oliver’s Battery COMMUNITY NEWS Spring 2020 Badger Farm Spring Clean 2020 I'll be honest, I never imagined living in from the City Council, around ten of us Badger Farm. I wanted to be in the thick of it cleared eleven black bags of litter from the in the city centre, where all the action is. Then our Ridgeway. We were all gobsmacked by the level eldest daughter, Hannah, made an arrival and our of litter that was hidden in the undergrowth: the priorities changed completely. A house with suffi- harder you look, the more you uncover. We found all cient room to swing a cat and a garden seemed es- sorts, from video cassette tapes to bottles of Vimto sential. with a best before date of December 1984! Five years on I know we made Not only did we feel great about the right choice. We love Badger having cleared up all this junk, Farm: it's spacious, quiet, green for the benefit of humans and and friendly. It's also not too far wildlife alike, we actually all had to walk into town, although walk- a great time. Believe it or not, ing back is not quite so agreea- litter picking is addictive and ble! very sociable, a great opportuni- The other thing we like about ty to chat whilst you work. Badger Farm is by and large it’s Since then we have done a fur- clean, which is more than can be ther two Great British Spring said for many areas. That said, at Cleans here in Badger Farm and this time of year I still notice a lot they have grown every time.
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