We planted this willow just a couple of years ago to grip and keep hold of the friable banks of the Bollin. This job it has done superbly, but willow grows like rabbits breed and, throwing up its arms to heaven, blocks the view of the river to ordinary mortals. So a select group gathered to restore that view and, in two spots, succeeded admirably.

But that is only half the story. Earlier the Wilmslow Clean Team had flown in from … Wilmslow to bend their backs picking up, and enrich their imagination wondering about, the litter left in the Carrs by their fellow citizens.

A big thank you to them and to all those who came to help.