The weather was incredibly kind to us this lunch time, and we were able to make real headway with the task at hand. We started off with some good old fashioned sanding to prep the surfaces, then spent the rest of our time getting the lovely blue gloss on as many surfaces as possible. Some of the previous emulsion had made its way on to glass of the windows, so we cracked out the white spirit to get things neatened up. We'll be heading back in a few weeks to finish the job, so keep your eyes peeled for the next listing!

It felt very sad to be heading home from tonight's task in the dark - winter evenings are coming! We made the most of the fading light with a stupendous effort clearing the pathways at the back of the Synagogue - check out Laura's before and after photos!

There were lots of cries of "OW!" as brambles fought back, and "OH NO"s as unwitting snails met unfortunate ends whilst we were working hard.

We were very lucky - the sun shone and the showers held off for our lunchtime litterpick!

In half an hour we made a big difference to this little empty space and filled up 2 big bags.

We interrupted lunch being served in the little woods at Baffins Pond where a family were happily feeding monkey nuts to the squirrels, rats, pigeons and crows! We paused to admire a squirrel eating whilst upside down and then got on with our litterpick.

It was great to meet Maelys on her first mission!

Laura and I enjoyed helping out at Great Salterns Parkrun, giving out finish tokens and barcode scanning.

It's a lovely setting - with the open green space, the trees and the new colourful wildflower meadow.