It was indeed an upward journey from The Showroom this eve, but we got there.

An excellent effort from Monika who had already done a gym class during the day and to Amelia who in her own words normally only runs when she's late for something!

We met Adrian at the task location. Adrian was already hard at work when we arrived, he must have saw us coming as he was cutting down some planter to size.

After saying hello to Angela and co and being offered biscuits we got to work with various tasks including:

• Looping back willow which would be used in various on site tasks
• Moving heavy pots
• More cutting back

Although it was dark and we couldn't see all the grounds it was great to contribute to this space which has so much love put into it for the children and the surrounding community. We'll be back!

Tonight five runners met Karen and some of the other pre-eminent Pitsmoor Pickers to de-litter the streets, specifically Rock Street and bits of Nottingham Street.

Upon meeting Karen, litter pickers, hoops and bags were distributed amongst us and we received a quick briefing of the areas to cover. We were to make our way methodically up Rock Street, occasionally venturing up side roads as needed, before cannily heading on to the can hot-spot of Nottingham Street. As we worked our way up the street we kept a special eye out for the glint of aluminium cans- which are separately bagged up to be recycled for cash. This cash is put straight back into the ongoing battle against litter by funding equipment for litter picking volunteers in the area. Many of the cans found had already been squished by cars, which made them extra tricky to pick up, but saved us having to flatten them ourselves. We had to kerb/curb our enthusiasm when spying rubbished that had fallen off the pavement and under cars, carefully watching out for traffic as we progressed ever upwards.

Bin there, done that!

After 45 minutes and a thoroughly solid effort from everyone involved, we piled up the full bags from the evening and posed for some photos before heading off on our merry way back down the hill into town.

When we arrived back near the Showroom we made use of one of the new university building's covered entrance areas to stretch off and debrief.

...And that's a wrap(per) for another week!