A small group of Mansur, Andrada, Benjamin and myself braved the cold 3km run to Thorlands for more wood chipping and path laying... We met Sam and Maria there and that is where the fun really started.

We were locked out of the woodchip area! We didn't have the correct padlock code to get the woodchip, so we started preparing the ground for the woodchip laying and Ben started litter picking...

But then we got a call from Simon, who was having a well deserved break in sunny Portugal, we were able to get in and get four wheelbarrows of woodchip to cover the path area. Thanks Simon!

We headed back through the cold South London streets before heading home.

It was our first group run to Thorlands of the year and there was 7 of us for the run (with Paul and Rosemary meeting us there). We took the same route that we took for our visit back in November.

Simon was there to meet us with the tools ready. We split off into two groups with one group clearing the leaves off the path in the Kitchen Garden to create a new pile that we covered with cardboard and a pallet to help it mulch down faster. The other group ran wheelbarrows of woodchip from the Community Garden which we then spread on the cleared path.

Simon sends thanks for our work and we’ll see him again later in Feb.

everything is fine!

Last night 12 of us met at Old Spike @ 6:45pm for the Welcome Speech. After a warm up outside in the cold we split into two groups. Paulin led Sam, Daryl and Emma to Dulwich Village to flyer for GROAD. I led the rest of the group on a short run to Salvation Army Nunhead with Maria back marking. While there we cleaned the kids toys for their playgroup. Maria from Salvation Army Nunhead was very grateful for our help as it allows her to spend more time with the families who need her support. After a sucessful session we all met back at the Old Spike for our cool down.