Low turn-out transformed this week's Group Run into an impromptu date night. I treated Dave to a Blood Moon-lit stroll through the beautiful streets of Fratton and Landport, picking up litter and being praised by random men smoking some special cigarettes.

Finished up with a bev in the local Wetherspoons - who said romance was dead?

Thanks to Katie for finding us tonight's task - fortunately we had a warm and dry evening which made mini-bus washing a much more pleasant activity.

Andy and Dave did a solid job cleaning, polishing and hoovering inside the bus. Dave was very taken with the Cockpit Shine cleaner, and may be investing in some for the car at home.

Whilst cleaning the outside, we mused on the fact that we don't actually wash our own cars anymore, so this was quite a novel experience. I did get a little flashback to childhood when I was launching buckets of water to rinse the suds.

Sinéad's climbing skills came in handy for cleaning the high side of the van, although at the end of the task realised the ladder she'd been using was a little dubious!

Hip hip hip hurray. What a wonderfully sunny session we had this morning. We were raking up after the regular gardener had been through cutting things back, and clearing the way for Spring growth. We were in the Woodland path area which was lit up by the sunshine. The crocuses and daffodils and other narcissus were out on show throughout the park with lots if people walking through and sitting awhile in the sunshine. We enjoyed refreshments from the Cafe, sitting outside and prolonging our time basking and relaxing in the warmth before going on our way.

Mrs J's neighbours have complained about overhanging branches from her garden into theirs.

With the aid of a pruning saw and a branch lopper the overhanging branches were removed, a buddleia and some brambles were also cut back. A big pile of branches was created on the back wall. There were also lots of rotting quince from a tree that had dropped lots of fruit so they all got swept up and put into the compost bin.

It was real Goodgym teamwork with Sinéad cheering the runners on, Samantha and Jane scanning their barcodes and Dave sorting the finish tokens, after running round the course.

We cheered the runner who wore a sash to celebrate her 200th parkrun at the 222nd Great Salterns very muddy parkrun. She ran with her sisters who were dressed in tutus - luckily they didn't go as far as to wear ballet shoes!

We also gave a big cheer to all the dogs taking part!

The rain clouds held back, just as Wilson had forecast!

A big welcome to Eva on her first task. She got stuck in and helped clean up the exercise area, give the drains a good tickle, make some of the kennels shine, and fetched the sandpaper and paint to spruce up the benches and cable drum - truly a tail-wagging transformation.

Our reward? Play time with the dogs! Tails wagged , toys were fetched and hearts melted. Samantha took it one step further and helped clean a little hippo's ears! Cuteness overload!