Okay, so tonight we didn't face the toughest run ever to reach our task. According to Google Maps the distance from Mirth, Marvel and Maud to Greenleaf Road Baptist Church is 0.1 miles, and to be honest I think that might be an exaggeration! Still I think the distance suited Ercole and Francis who will be participating in the South Down Way Ultra Marathon this weekend. At a distance of 100 miles, I hardly think they needed to overdo things tonight - good luck chaps.

Anyway, what we lost in the distance we made up for in awesome taskness. Welcomed into the building by Dan and his lovely family, everything was all set out for us, including tea and biscuits! We got cracking immediately. The trouble was that with such a good turnout we had twelve runners but just eleven brushes - hence my obscure pun! And it was the dependable Beth who ended up with the empty chamber. Although after a good bit of sweeping up Beth did have the appearance of the gaffer on the task making sure no gaps were left in the brushwork of the rest of the crew!

After a good half hour of paint sploshing (aggregated to six-hours when we factor time per person!), the room was looking much brighter. So we downed brushes, grabbed a bikkie and headed out to Lloyd park for a double drill session. Well, I couldn't let everyone get away with a 0.2-mile jog out and back, could I?

We are back at the same place next week so do help us come and finish off, I am sure there will be plenty of paint brushes to go around. If not, Beth is at the front of the queue!

Tonight it was back to our old favourite, St Mary's Churchyard for a sport of gardening. Thirteen fabulous runners assembled in Mirth on a lovely warm spring evening. Who would have thought this benign looking bunch were actually a collective of ninja warriors about to open up a can of whoop-ass on some unsuspecting weeds in Walthamstow Village?

Our ranks were nicely swelled this evening by a trio of new recruits, and it was a delight to meet them all. Welcome Hannah, Katie and Libby, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves tonight.

So after a reasonably easy (short) run to St Mary's we met our green-fingered contact, Tim, who had everything set up and ready to go. There was some serious equipment on hand. Three mighty petrol powered strimmers, rakes, shears and a couple of scythes. I thought these last two were particularly apt in a churchyard, all that was missing was a long black hooded cloak!

Tim gave us a rundown and told us about the exciting Chelsea Fringe Festival events planned in Walthamstow this weekend. After that, we set to work, and it was war on Cow Parsley. This prolific weed looks nice for a few days and then turns into zombie cow parsley releasing untold spores into the atmosphere to create much more cow parsley.

After toiling away for a bit, it was time to go, and we had a nice treat in store coming up. Jo, our very own Yogi (or Jogi for short!!!) offered to lead a yoga session to rebalance the old yin and yang. With this in mind, we made an enthusiastic dash for the tranquillity of Lloyd park for a lovely chilled spot of yoga. Superb, namaste, Jo.

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