I arrived a little later than planned, but since only I signed up, this was fine. I optimistically grabbed 3 bags and a litter pick and headed out. The route I like is down to Wanstead Leisure Centre, under the underpass then back along the motorway until the bus stop and call it a day. The problem is doing this means I didn't manage to get a run in, and forgot to record the walk. managed to find an empty pizza boxes, and some water bottles with a yellow tint to them, hmmmm. I did see a hedgehog out and about, and a lamppost that was flickering. By the time I finished it was 8pm and time to call it a night

it didn't quite snow, but it was indeed cold, windy and damp, so a warm coat was a sensible choice for the marshalls!

Luckily the rain slowed down in time for the start of parkrun.

As with the title reference, sofar not found any circumstances that stops Ed from effortlessly balancing the cheering & cajoling with oontrolling the traffic flow in & out of the car park.

Although it seems tea might be a soft spot when the weather is like this....

P.S. give Julia a cheer when you see her next - she set herself the challenge of parkrun every week till the end of the year to reach 100 before 2026, not an easy thing with this weather

Three of us arrived at Frenford Food bank to find 50 food orders to be packed. Luckily we had four lovely friends of Frenford to help too. As usual both teams gelled really well, working together and helping one another out or facilitating rest and refuel breaks. Just as we thought we had finished another two were added so in the end 52 packages were picked and packed.

Linda and Ed had already been there twice this week prepping for today and must have done a good job of organising things as we seemed to finish really quickly and a shout out goes to Peter for using his valuable annual leave to give the task his invaluable help.

AJ and the spouse attended at We Don’t Waste’s Happy Happy Hour ‘Sort-n-Sip’ and prepared bags of non-perishable food essentials in preparation for the upcoming American Thanksgiving Celebration. As there were so many volunteers, the task was quickly and efficiently completed and was followed by lovely pizza and donated drinks. It was a fun way to help out in the local community.

a dreary miserable day & evening + no fixed plans + not feeling the best = 'democratic' decision to call it a night.

to mis-quote Arnie - 'we'll be back'

AJ attended at We Don’t Waste in Denver and was soon put to task with fellow volunteer Julie with sorting and organising through a huge box of random items, from cereal boxes to packs of rice to, erm, medical suppositories!! Next up was assisting representatives from various agencies / charities who collect food for their local communities. Our car loading / packing Jenga skills were put to the test but all items were soon successfully sent off with car boots packed to the car roofs. A good session. 👏🏻