Now now calm down, this group run was not as sordid as the title suggests.

On a hot summers night, 4 Kingston regulars gathered at the Kingston base ready for the long awaited (longer for some than the rest of us....) final part of Dave's run leader qualification process. After being warmed up from toe to top and sprinting between benches on Fairfield, we were off to Fishponds. But first was St Mark's hill. Only the brave tackle this beast and only the strongest survive it. Never again please, run leaders - never again...

An old friendly enthusiastic face of Kingston's bio diversity officer Elliot Newton, welcomed us in and quickly set out the task in hand - weeding the rose bed and ridding them of their dandelions, green alkanets, bind weed and sticky willies (cue childish giggling from the crowd). Elliot also outlined plans for some raised vegetable beds off to one side and suggested that we may be able to take one over ourselves, which could be exactly what we've been looking for for sometime now...

After time was up, it was back down the hill to base for a good warm down stretch and to congratulate Dave on another task done on Rachel's to do list. Now hows about that garden makeover...