Tonight GG Brum had a lovely warm summers evening for a task in the Jewellery Quarter Cemetery. The task was to carry on from where we left off last time and remove more of the dead leafs from next to the cemetery walls.

We filled plenty of the big white sacks with copious leafs, before taking them over to compost.

Once the task was done, it was time for some hill training (hence the pun!) Well for Morwenna and James anyway. Jonny has a dodgy achilles so he biked to the task. Anyway both ran very well. The session was 10 minutes of Kenyan hills, building some endurance, then after a short rest, it was time for 4 all out hill sprints to builld that speed endurance and a bit of lactic tolerance! A bit of Sports Science mumbo jumbo for you there! Once done we all worked back to 1000 Trades, with Morwenna and James having a well deserved pint.

This evening we met with Amy who gave us lots of lovely fliers to deliver round the Stirch streetz. A massive welcome to our new member Abigail, who joined us from Bristol! We hope to have you back soon!

After a good 45 mins of leafletting we went on a 4k run on the river rea with Laura cycling alongside and Chris taking the opportunity for a walk.

All in all a great time with some much needed refreshments in the pub afterwards!

We had a great turn out at GG Brum tonight back at St Thomas Nursery School.

Jonny biked with Morwenna running and Christina also on her bike. The rest of the group walked, with Eve and James fresh from their Birmingham Half Marathon exploits!

The task was weeding and creosoting, hence the pun. We got some nice weeding before and after pictures and we got the 'story seat' and the greenhouse creosoted, so it was a great task done :)

Tonight we had a lovely new task at a nursery school near Birmingham city centre.

Jonny and Christina arrived on their bikes, while the rest of the group ran or walked.

Laura, the school's headteacher greeted us and the task was to sand the greenhouse and the 'story book chair' before getting the Ronseal creasote out, hence the pun! Do you remember the advert?!

Christina did some weeding with a spactula which she mentioned was a first! Jonny, Miriam and Eve did some sanding, while James and Amy cresoted the greenhouse, with Miriam and Christina sorting the story book chair.

Now please take a look at those fantastic before and after pics :)