Today's task was one of many happy returns:

1. We came back to one of our favourite task locations: the brambles at gunnersbury park!
2. A huge welcome back to Laura, who did her second good deed!
3. A guest appearance from our favourite Brummie-turned-Noweigan, who dropped by on his morning run
4. (And most importantly). Happy birthday and many happy returns to Michelle, who hit the big 4-0 today! Lots of celebrating to be done!

Unfortunately it was also a sad occasion for a couple of reasons: it was the Nashes' final bramble bashes for a while before their big move to the suburbs, and poor Watson had a bandaged paw. Get well soon pup 🐶

Gunnersbury park on a Saturday morning would normally be the place to go for a park run. A couple of sore heads lead one GoodGymmer to remark 'how did we ever get up before 9 on a Saturday to do parkrun?!'

In true GoodGym Hounslow style, we set to work and the nearest tree so there was less distance to drag the bags back to (work smarter, not harder folks). There were plenty of choppy tools in the wheelbarrow for Matt, Laura, Remy, Amanda, Tish, Laura and Eloise to hack away at the brambles, whilst JP was our trusty raker. Watson provided essential supervision by chasing balls, keeping an eye on other dogs and occasionally checking how the grass tasted.

We made quick work of the brambles and uncovering some excellent litter to pick up, including a lighter and a bottle of amaretto that clearly had a 'mystery' liquid added to it (I'll give you a clue: the word rhymes with miss).

Before you could say 'Ready Oxtedy Go', Matt, Eloise and Laura set off on their run back home and the birthday girl was on her way to her afternoon of pampering.

See you soon (aka in the pub later) guys!