25 fine and upstanding individuals braved the cold to help their community last night by weeding and digging over some flower beds.

We met at Vivo Gym and after introductions, including a big welcome to Wade and Tom, and a quick health and safety briefing (e.g don't jump in front of cars!), were off! We ran the shortish distance over to Victoria Park, the site of many run throughs but few run toos, so it was about time we helped this sprawling green gem in south Bristol.

We met with Alex who is part of the community group who keep an eye on the park. She explained that there were some flower beds that two nearby schools had been using to teach their students about gardening, and that these flower beds needed a bit of a going over so that the schools can start with a bit of spring planting soon.

With trowels, spades, forks and a wheel barrow, everyone literally dug in and in the usual double quick time, we'd uprooted weeds and turned over a lot of soil, as well as rescued a worm. Those flower beds are now just about ready for the new season of growing!

As there were not quite enough tools to go around, Chris took some of the runners off on a little lap of the park, and then made them do lunges whilst the tools were being packed up! He's a big meany! He also led the pack out of the park mostly because I keep getting lost there, and didn't want us to be running around the paths forever. Our feet were caked with mud from the flower beds so it took a while to knock it all off, for a few moments, we were all about 3 cm taller. It was rather nippy up there and the cold clearly froze my brain as we left without having a group photo! DANG AND BLAST!

Back in Queens Square, just a few metres from Vivo, we had a good stretch out and of course enjoyed a great round of applause.. and then another because Daniel was just so happy!