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On the agenda for tonight's group run was: 1. Run

1. Have fun

2. Chat lots

3. Help a charity we hadn't been back to in a long time

4. Clean lots

5. Chat lots

6. Have fun

7. Run back

And pretty much in that order with the fun part sprinkled in and over most of it!

We were luck that some of our runners brought along some lovely faces to join us this week. Lea was back after some time off and invited her lovely husband Keith along. Keith didn't waste any time on the task and soon had the outside area cleaned of all leaves and cigarette butts! He's definitely a keeper! Give him a cheer!

And as well as having Abi back with us, which is always a bonus, she brought along her yoga buddy Laurie who is just as nice as she is!

Always nice to have friendly, new faces especially when they fit in so well! Well done you two on your first group run and good deed! Hope you join us for many more!

We also welcomed back Mark after three weeks off or so and Chris, who through injury had been forced to stay away from us for almost TWO MONTHS!!!! Not cool at all! But he's making his way back and doing it in a sensible way. Hope your knee held up ok tonight and thank you for all the hoovering you did!!

When we arrived, Paula wasn't there to meet us, as she'd had to shoot off early. So instead, Dave found us all lots of cleaning products and put us to work in the kitchen and pantry. Marianne and Hannah were sorting through food and checking use by dates and trowing out all the stuff that was past it.

Laurie and Mark were climbing high to clean windows and tiles along the top of the worktops in the kitchen. Sarah and Lea were making the stove look like new. Neil and Abi were cleaning and polishing surfaces and Caprice was in the dining room cleaning the walls of tomato marks and other .....stains. Caprice hadn't slept yet from her night shift....and and had run a marathon over some crazy hills on Saturday....hardcore!

We even had a couple of the residents come in to have a look and give it their seal of approval. With everything gleaming and clean and a very happy and grateful Dave we set off back to Flirt. Abi now only one good deed away from 100 and the rest of us feeling pretty good about ourselves too!

Well done everyone!! Thank you Caprice, Chris and Mark for back marking and making sure no one was left behind. Next week is a special one as we head to our local care home to play some board games and cards with the residents. Should be lots of fun and very rewarding experience. Sign up here

We also have a community mission this Saturday at the Sea Cadets, who need our help with waterproofing their boathouse, painting and tidying their offices which get used by lots of community groups. Sign up here for that, and we'll be going for lunch after too!