As many of you will know, Newcastle and Gateshead are gripped by (half) marathon fever in August as the Great North Run approaches next month! And I think it's fair to say that it's been a marathon effort delivering 3000 leaflets for Love Dunston to spread the word about their fair next weekend.

I was joined this afternoon by Max who hadn't been to a task for a while - I was certainly glad of the company to deliver another 300 leaflets. As it turned out, we delivered them all in only 45 minutes. Long terraced streets with short paths to their front doors are always a welcome sight when there are leaflets to be delivered!

We now hand over the baton to Richard and Scott to bring it over the line later this afternoon. They're both completing a marathon of their own today, with one of our regular allotment sessions, before they cross the Tyne to hopefully deliver the last of the leaflets. With a bit of luck they will have paced it just right, keeping enough energy back to finish the task!