A trip up the hills of Richmond for us last night, to build the foundations for a new horse trough at Petersham Common as part of 'Britain in Bloom'. Starting with a steady climb up over 2km, the running group arrived with task master Ken who had already dug a suitably sized hole and lined it.

How deep is your trough?

The group set to work emptying bags of MOT gravel into the hole which is a physical task given the size and weight of the bags. Meanwhile three people took on the task of reducing the mound behind the trough location to make it more level: shovelling is always a sweaty one!

I'm going to level with you...

After filling the hole with gravel, bags of sand were added on top that could be levelled out with a very large spirit level to lay the slabs on top. Overall a good bit of hard work for everyone and some active strength work that does good for the area. A final run back down the hill and into Richmond Town Centre finished off the evening well.