The moon, full to the layman's eye, shone brilliantly overhead, we congregated and chatted as per norm. Two distinct points to note, our long lost brother, Brad, rose from his GG slumber and got stuck in once more, magnificent to see the man back. Equally significant, Jensen, not put off by our running, community action and lunges, came back for his second session. Get in.

It was a real good start - with 12 people in total - I don't think we've had numbers this healthy since the C- word. Shows how resilient and tight our group is, keen to build it back up with you all.

RWQ, was a deep one, for the thinkers, the cogitators: "what's your favourite biscuit?" Bourbon taking the win on votes, chocolate hob nobs taking a few noted nods, special mention to some rogue choices; lemon puffs, coconut macaroons, custard creams and cheddar puffs. You lot are mental.

It was rather blimmin' freezing, nothing a a two mile jog couldn't mend. Basia greeted us, then looked confused and content when I said they were more coming, twice. We picked up the equipment to sand and paint, including a wrong coloured pot of paint, then headed to do our thing. I asked Basia how long it took to drain the docks, she said "ages, because it was really wet", hard to argue with that...

We set about the railings, sanding in long smooth motions, then painting them a nice shiny viscous black. Rosa, taped up the pergola with the precision of an artist commissioned to paint a cantankerous royal. All about them details. Speaking of which, in the other group, they managed to paint the rails another shade of black, called brown, but to be fair, Basia took the blame immediately, like a true leader should. She didn't deny it for months, then say it wasn't the wrong paint under national colour laws at the time, which everyone else understood and abided to, then create new government policy to deflect....wait sorry, what are we talking about again?

Everyone was absorbing the cold air too much for comfort, so we began running back quickly without instruction. Stopping off for a couple of exercises, broad jumps to develop power and landing mechanics. Then mountain climbers, to get the heart rate up a bit.

Next week we go to local community garden, Get Out, sign up here. Hope to see you all there for a range of jobs - to help the awesome permaculture space.

B