Knaphill Lower School Nature Garden

This morning Wayne, Kirsty, & Julie met at the Knaphill lower school nature garden to finish off the last few tasks before the grand opening in a few week ☀️

The weather was amazing 😎. We were as always met by Vicki & Mark. Wayne first task was to get the whose pipe working as there were issues with the connections 🤔. After 10 mins of re-configuration we had water 💦.

Once the hose pipe issue had been rectified Wayne onto to the bug hotel 🐞🐛 to fix and attached the the fence around the hotel 🐜

Kirsty was tasked with painting the seated area 👩🏻‍🎨.

Julie was in charge of the positioning of the plants that had been donated to the school as well as clearing some logs. 🪴

We have one more visit to finish off which is next weekend before the grand opening 😄

*Woking Junior Park Run🔆 *

What a beautiful morning to get up to and head down to Woking Park to carry out marshal duties. ☀️

It was great seeing Katie & Phil with their two little girls who were doing their first park run and they were fantastic 😄

In total there were 139 young runners taking on the 2k course with the fastest time being an amazing 07:19

There was also a total of 54 PB's some great running by everyone this morning 🏃🏼‍♂️

St Johns The Baptist Church

This morning i was back st the church to finish off the patio area and to rake any leaves along the green. 🍀🍁☘️🍂🍃

i was there early at 8am and got stuck im straight away. The patio area is looking great and the gutters are all clear 😀

As Adam arrived at Woking junior parkrun I could already see everything was well organised and setup. Add I get closer the the bandstand, I could see Karen and Olalekan already there, with their highvis's on. James soon arrived armed with some coffees, which I was very thankful for.

It wasn't long before I registered and was given a different marshall position at finish funnel, ensuring adults wouldn't block up the funnel holding things up by going through the finish funnel.

The briefing started where run director Richard, gave the introductions for Woking Junior Parkrun number 350.

There where many children lined up for the start and when the whistle sounded, you could feel the ground shake as they stormed off the line. A good start was made as they all joined the path quickly.

The first runners passed me, all focused and I'm guessing looking for a quick time. Then the other runners came by a bit more gently and with big smiles on their faces.

And it turned out an incredible a total of 251 children finished and the first finisher to complete the run, in a fantastic time of 7:20
Well done to the GoodGymers that helped it with another smooth Junior Parkrun 😁.

Annual Community Fridge Clean

It's that time of the year when the Woking GG team put on their gloves grab their buckets and start the annual community fridge clean 🫧🧽

Despite the weather Wayne, Nadia, Alys, & Julie all arrived on time wnd where met by Jules with all the supplies that were needed 😊

Wayne started to clean the community fridge A Frame sign which was in a right state.

Nadia & Julie started to remove the filing cabinet out of the shed and go through and sort out its contents.

Alys was tasked with giving the cabinet a good wipe down wit Quinn also helping 🐶 It was great seeing Alys who has just returned from a long trip to Japan 🏯 and hearing all about it.

Once these tasks were completed and as the heavens opened ⛈️ we all moved into the shed to move the big fridge and freezer and get behind then to give it a good deep clean, Sweeping up bread crumbs from all the loafs that are normally stored on the shelfs 🥖. At the same time Julie & Nadia giving them a good wipe down.

Wayne then carried out an inspection of the cables making sure they were in good condition

Once all the Crumbs and floor had been cleaned it was time for Nadia &Alys to mop the floor🫧🧼

The place smelt and looked great by the time we had finished.

Due to the weather we could paint and stain the shed so will be back another day to carry out this task 😊

Woking Junior Park Run

This morning after my morning run i headed off to junior park run to carry out marshal duties. It was surprisingly chilly 🥶.

I was at marshal point 4.5 which was my first time being at this spot. 🏃🏼‍♂️

In total this morning there were an incredible 230 runners taking on the 2k course.

The fastest time was an amazing 7:07

There were also 65 PB's Great running by everyone