Off to a new task tonight, and we started by talking through our favourite trees or plants - a great variety of pretty ones, unusual ones or just a good reliable hard-to-kill spider plant.

As the charity shop we were headed to was very close by, and it was a chilly night, we valiantly chose to do a little uphill loop to get there, chatting all the way (okay, maybe a little puffing from me, too) and then the lovely downhill bit to reward our warmed-up selves.

Arriving at the shop and greeted by Wendy, we set about some organising, pricing and tidying of donation stock at the shop, getting loads done in the time. We also found some absolute gems there: a vintage Sean-Connery-as-James-Bond model, a very fine selection of fancy coats, and some bargain records.

It was our first visit to this branch of St Christopher's Hospice shops, but we'll definitely be back in the new year.