A quick litter pick around the local roads by Southampton City Farm as we were both on a rest day so no running. There is plenty more litter so we'll have to do a litter repeats session again soon instead of a hill repeats session!

We had the best task of all at City farm this week - putting the animals to bed! We wrangled some very speedy chickens into their houses, plus some much calmer turkeys. Abbey the goat whisperer just looked at the girl goats and they obediently put themselves to bed. The boys were more challenging and it took the whole team to walk them on leads back to their barn! The last job was a quick clean of the pigpen, then some time for fuss and scratches for the pigs!

Luckily the rain stayed away for Totton Running Club's 10km round Copythorne. A great way to start a Sunday nice and early helping out as marshall. It was lovely to cheer on every runner turning up to take part.

It was time to get the Rose Road vehicles clean after a busy summer holidays of outings. We quickly divided ourselves into innies and outties and off we went! It wasn’t long before we had four vehicles hoovered, dusted, litter picked and washed. We managed to squeeze in a quick wash for the big bus too before home time!

This was stage 2 of the national bat survey, covering the same stretch of the river Test as before. Not quite so many bats this time but still plenty to find, including a very active gang of pipistrelles flying around our heads. We also saw swans, many huge spiders and a got an amazing closet up view of an otter!

Philip and I helped Ms K by moving 2 sofas out of her back garden, to get them ready for pick-up. A very quick task to help someone in our community.