We started our Wednesday evening with our first group attempt at Beat the Street - it started out with military precision, but it all slowed down a bit whilst we tried to get the app to work. David definitely had the right idea with the card to tap instead, and Rich somehow ended up as IT support.

After our convoluted journey to fit in four Beat the Street boxes, we made it to the task and met our host and Sallyann who had been on her own Beat the Street journey en route to the task.

We were shown the white Community Wall to paint, and the blue paint to use. In less than 20 minutes, the wall was done! David, Erin, Jenny, Richard and Sallyann turned the wall blue in no time, whilst Andy and Jess (in her own painting shirt) reached the tough spots at the top.

With no washing up to be done, we had time for the second part of the task, which was edging another wall in blue. Rich and Angela set up and project managed, until Russell painted the wrong side of the tape, requiring a hasty wipe with a tea towel (which went better than we all expected). Richard and Leanne got to those hard to reach corners, getting this part of the task done in no time at all! Joe got some great action shots, showing the whole group hard at work and the wall in various stages of blue.

After showing how much we can do in a short space of time with a bit less chatting, we headed back for another round of Beat the Street, and then most of us got changed and went to enjoy our curry. I think we'll all be back to Balti King again with our 50% off vouchers!

See some of you on Sunday for the run!

Laurie