This evening we were back up to strength with our Group Run numbers and I'm sure it had nothing to do with the promise of a social afterwards right everyone.....??!

The nights have finally drawn in and by 6:30pm Papa's was bathed in darkness and lit only by the glow of the halogen street lamps outside. A no show for a document check meant AA had time on his hands so went exploring and discovered that Valcie after a long day working at the café had left all her signs out on the street - not a problem you might think but this is Brixton and occasionally people are known to 'relocate' unattended street decorations for entertainment. Emergency situation resolved - after confirming that these were to be brought in and stored runners started making their way in to the park - bonus points to Super Sam and Joao for arriving first and to Charlotte for scraping in with a minute to spare, I like your style.

So for once there were no bikes and no bags to take care of and with an experienced group we whipped through a quick warm up (warm up deniers, it was chilly!) and then we headed off early to try to maximise our time at Jubilee Primary School. The idea was that we get there as early as we could so we could get away a bit early in time for the pub quiz at the Effra Social just down the road but we needn't have worried, Juan ended up 'running' late (get it?) in fact he was stuck in traffic so our instructions were transmitted by phone and via the cleaning staff at the school. Rebecca and Frances joined us at the task as well.

While we waited Tim and Frances were discussing an old task helping to sort the library many moons ago and lo and behold our task this evening was back in said library! Actually it was just outside the library and we had to transfer some old books, toys and games to the bins at the back of the school. Everybody grabbed a handful and made their way over the starlight highway (see pics) to the land of refuse and reuse to deposit their wares.

As tasks go this may have been a record short one but no matter it meant we were able to help out the school and cleaning staff, have our run and then settle in at the pub in plenty of time for the quiz.

That was it for the evening then, Nathan our Quiz Master led us down to the Effra Social (and despite some claims during the quiz from Hannah and Inny that the AA was trying to put off the other team - the cheek!) our mental powers were thoroughly put to the test and it was good fun to boot.

See you all next week!