Allotments 

National Allotments Week takes place between the 12 and 18 August and the National Allotment Society uses this week to encourage people to take up a plot of their own. Now, the benefits of allotments are many including being a source of fresh fruit and vegetables, providing a valuable community asset and allowing those who tend them to improve them mental and physical wellbeing. We sent our reporter Charlotte Ellis to the Bakestone Moor Allotments in Whitwell to find out more.