Cant stand the kitchen heat? - plenty of cleaning up outside.

Its not until I view the pictures after the group that I really appreciate how much the GoodGym Leicester team throw themselves into the task.

We were supposed to be cleaning the Kitchen at the Real Junk Food Project but taskmaster Anna had texted ahead to say that the outside was looking a bit of a mess and would we mind doing a bit of a tidy up = of course not, youre the boss!

I had placed an attendance limit on this run due to the limited space on task and for the first time ever TWO runners got the "full up" message. Thankfully, both were keen enough to contact me to ask if they could still come and how could I refuse - the limit was only arbitrary and in the end we werent tripping over each other so no one missed out.

The pictures, again expertly captured by Mel, tell the story much better than any words can, but with the kitchen cleaner than expected to start off with, the team used initiative to find stuff that needed doing.

The litter bag count was huge and at the close Frank announced that the site was now "completely litter free"

Stu and Lindsay set about cleaning external windows. Jen Jim and Amber set to with some impromptu weeding whilst Nic P and Michaela settled for a good old natter in the kitchen whilst making a cracking job of cleaning the sinks. Mr Mop aka Jim saw to it that the floor was left spotless and when it was time to pack up I was literally having to confiscate equipment - its clearly addictive this "making a difference" mallarkey.

Once again Mel had brought some refreshments -oranges (for half time!), juice, and some cookies - and not a single one was left. Refreshed we were ready to head off to Fosse Rec for a bit of outdoor gym work. The place was packed, the local youth using the sit up machine as a park bench so we had to give that a miss. Everyone managed to find something to work out on - the rowing thingummy was a bit of a challenge though!

Arriving back at base we were met by Nic M who had been kept late at work but still found time to don the T shirt, go for a run and come down and see us.

I will be sailing my dinghy all next week in Tenby so Lindsay takes the reigns again - see you all in a couple of weeks.