When the sun is out, you're supposed to get your guns out... But what if you're a bit gunshy these days, I can highly recommend Surbiton cemetery as a place to beef them up. But not for your usual grave digging or even robbing, we're all far too good for that. This was all about clearing the paths through the graves to make them more accessible to visitors. So armed with shovels and barrow 6 of us dug scraped and peeled back the overgrown turf and piled it up at one end of the path. It wasn't all hard work no play though, there was still time for a game of shovel balancing... Fair to say, Stephen was a clear winner there. Don't believe me? Check out the photo evidence.

Good luck to the Kingston girls representing us in the Hampton Court 10k this Sunday. Even if you are not aiming for a PB, enjoy the run and hope you get yourselves a good stash haul at the finish line.

This week's group run had us visit Canbury Community Gardens where we met Marilyn and the chickens. After a few dry weeks the water butts were starting to empty so the first task was to fill buckets and large water cans and take them to the river to fill. Steve, Dave and Tom took on this challenge for a good arm workout and several trips did the trick. The water butt was filled and enough buckets were filled to water the veggies too.

Another task was to pull out the larger weeds on the path and to shear the grass to a manageable height. A job that's not always top of the list but important so the wheelbarrow can move freely up and down the paths.

Within an hour, the tasks were complete and we packed away. We waved at the chickens and headed off to the Albion for some refreshments. Great work, everyone!