On a mild but fresh Halloween evening 10 runners took on one of our longest distances to help out at St George’s Hall in Moulescoomb.

Big thanks to Helena for back marking and coming up with the brilliant idea of wearing fairy lights to make herself more visible. It was very useful to be able to look back along the road and see exactly how far away they were, and the ever late Beth (damn those trains!) had a good target to chase down and catch up!

As it was Halloween we chatted about scary situations we’d been in and various fears and phobias as we ran the 4.4km to St George’s hall. Task owner Anke gave us a very warm welcome and we quickly set to work on the task in hand. Martin, Sherman & Helena got stuck in to removing a large, overgrown bush that was making the adjacent alleyway a bit dark and scary. It took a lot of sawing and hacking and cutting & pulling and the job was completed in less than 30 minutes. Elsewhere Juliet & Frances did a grand job of litter picking and everybody else got stuck into reducing the height of the bushes along the front, with Louise going in particularly hard and short!

We saw lots of kids and families out and about wearing Halloween costumes and trick or treating and Anke provided us with some yummy biscuit treats to fuel us for the return run.

We achieved a lot in a short space of time and I’m sure we will be going back in the near future to hack a bit more off those front bushes! On the way back we threw in a few bursts of speed and everybody coped admirably with the longer distance.

Next week our task is right on the doorstep of our start location as we head to the Royal Pavilion Gardens for some tidying and gardening. Expect a nice big fitness session as well!

And as it will be the 1st Tuesday of the month we will be staying on for a drink for our monthly social.