There was no singing "All the leaves are brown. And the sky is grey" instead "it's a wonderful world" with the lovely blue sky in Sheffield today. A Great GG turnout and Awesome Alexandra Road volunteer crew got to work on this lovely autumn's day. Collectively we chopped back climbing plants from the masonry wall, pruned/cut back bushes and trees, raked and swept up the leaves to keep the grass in good condition, picked apples from the tree to give to the community, weeded, transplanted a gooseberry bush to a sunnier spot, chatted and finished the task with lovely cuppas, biccies, fruit and smiles.

We started this week with a good GGSHF cheer for three new runners. Please welcome and cheer;

1. Tom
2. Callum Tinnion
3. Yuara Gumelar

This week we also welcomed Lucy who was a trainer in LDN who has made the move up to the mighty Steel City along with boyfriend Paul who also used to be a trainer in LDN, look forward to seeing more of you both soon!

We were back off up to Lynwood Gardens last night to help REGATHER with the maintenance that is required to keep this fantastic community space (which includes a woodland kindergarten). This weeks tasks included;

1. Scything the weeds
2. Barrowing, dumping and spreading woodchip
3. Moving brash
4. Lopping back overgrowth

Everyone got really stuck in, Chris, Dan & Chris commitment on the wheelbarrows was incredible, running full barrows up and down the hills to supply the spreaders with a steady supply of the chip!

After a good session we downed tools and headed in the direction of home. On route back we used and underpass for some paired high knees/wall sit action and threw some extended loops, stair sets and loop back on for good measure.

On return to base we stretched off, heard the latest and showed our appreciation to Chris who will be away now for a little while until Nov, best of luck Chris, look forward to having you back.

Until next time, happy running!

:)