Another mission which was exactly as described on the tin - the biggest challenge was finding enough floor space to lay out all the parts of Mr R's new table to be able to build it close to it's final resting position, and without having to contort too much during assembly (human, not table...).

Thankfully the instructions were in large(ish) font, there were more than enough bolts, and all were tightened using the same Allen key (supplied), so it was just a question of following the steps, and it all came together quite neatly with reasonably little contortion.

A quick lift and rotation from upside down to correct way up, and Mr R has a new table on which to eat his dinner

In spite of her aches and pains, Ms D was feeling commendably positive this morning, so much so that she asked me to get her a lottery ticket for the first time in a while along with her shopping - almost simultaneously we both said "gotta be in it to win it...".

The aisles were playing ball and the basket was soon full with list complete, so now its just fingers crossed that the numbered balls also perform on Saturday, or it's another week of bread and soup...

Tonight was group run meets community mission with Graham leading a small group from the Aquatic Center while the rest of us made our way from home.

Tonight we has been asked to remove and unsafe fence for one of the allotment community,taking things apart is always fun and we had some extra helping hands from a couple of the other allotment tenants.

This is a wonderful little community and as our friend Sybil from Emmanuel Church also has a plot here she made sure after task refreshments arrived for us.

Sunday we are having a party to celebrate our 11th Birthday

A record turnout this morning at the Field's as we welcomed 84 runners (plus a lot of coaches and encouragers, and a small table laden with cakes and drinks, and a TV celeb doctor...), as this week we were joined under the big tree by children from Year 4 of Hackney New Primary School who were attending as part of a fundraiser (for Macmillan Cancer Support) for one of their teachers.

Run Director Jonathan certainly had his hands full making sure everything ran smoothly, and between him and timekeeper Rue they did another excellent job in persuading a number of parents to don the hi-viz and act as Marshalls/TailWalker, and with all the posts filled we were good to go. With so many first timers (26) there was a lot of nervous anticipation on the start line...

It's fair to say that not everyone followed the strict boundaries of the course all the way around, but the fastest finishers put on another show, with the top 3 all coming home in under 9 minutes, and everyone else seemed to be enjoying their run/jog/walk around the park - with 20 PBs it was another successful morning for lots of them.

If this is the new normal in terms of attendees at the Fields, we're definitely going to need some more regular GoodGym volunteers on Sunday mornings to support the core team, so please do come along if you can - absolutely no prior experience is required!

In today's post shop discussion, Mr T was determined to make sure that I learned there was a lot more to Glasgow than people realised as we covered his various experiences of living in the city in his youth, and his frequent visits back there and (most colourfully) the people that he'd known there over the years. He'd also had visitors this week from north of the border, and kindly presented me with a wee black pudding to take home for my breakfast, for which I was delighted as it made a change from carrots...