Happy Pancake day! A great chance to indulge in a few pancakes as well as think about possibilities for lent - religious or not lent is a great excuse to break a bad habit. They say it takes 30 days to break a habit but just 7 days to form a new one - so what will you give up this lent? We are surrounded by so much every day it is good to stop and think about if any of our habits are poor ones - snacking, caffeine, alcohol, chocolate, crisps, taking the lift instead of the stairs or driving instead of walking. So take a moment and think about what new habit you want in place, reduce or just appreciate it that bit more when we do indulge so it is not a daily occuence. That was the theme for tonights runners to ponder on!

It is a cold evening as we once again meet in the back part of the Sloop (Daveena's is still not available for us to use over the road). It has been a day of many weather fronts, heavy rain, cold, a bit of cold and warmth and then cold again. The forecast was sleet but we were there and ready to go - whilst also grateful it was an indoor task.

We managed a few circuits of the carpark before heading towards Ashley Cross. Tonights run route was just over 3km on the way there and with a similar paced set of runners tonight it was a straight forward run.

We arrived at St John's and the important task of making hot drinks was assigned first! We know its a treat coming to St John's as we can make ourselves a cuppa! Jane and Nicola were on drinks whilst Marie found our now assigned Goodgym Box of cleaning materials ready for our use. The unique task at St John's is that we clean windows - with a choir rehearsing in the background! So we try to make as little noise as possible and all potter around ensuring the areas are clean. The entrance windows are the biggie for the church and once again Sian proved she a bright spark with a cloth and litter picker in hand cleaning the top of the entrance! Andrew tonight was the star of the show with an added bonus of having probably about a foot in height to the rest of us. He was seen for 30 minutes dotted around various parts of the church, appearing on top of all sorts of furniture (safely of course!) to get to various windows! We had to virtually drag the cloth out of his hands at the end!

Ali and Elizabeth armed with litter picks were outside looking for any rubbish they could find whilst Christine and Jane took the side entrance windows.

Marie showed herself to be a 'just get on with it' person as she was seen wiping down tables and looking busy!

It was lovely to have the choir in the background and they finished with a great song with full strength that we all enjoyed and had a little sway too. They then finished up going for their cuppa and a cake so we left them all too it as we headed back out into the cold night air.

It was a shorter route home and thankfully we all remained dry and pretty warm - many home to pancakes!