A scythe for saw eyes

26 lovely runners braved the heat to smash out THREE tasks across Lambeth!

First up, big well done to Issy who got her wings t-shirt today. Hooray!

It was a scorcher in Lambeth and we had THREE tasks to be getting on with.

Task 1 was 1 mile down Brixton Road to Holland Park Estate. Our job was to saw some wood, find the ends of some terrible bind weed, and do some serious watering. We also began to make a tiered garden bolstered up by big logs to stop the soil all falling down.

Task 2 was a bit further to Loughborough Junction, where Beth had this to say: A team of eight headed off on a short run to Loughborough Junction farm where we were joined by Oli, an ex-goodgym Lambeth runner who was so taken by the farm on a group run a couple of years ago that he's been volunteering there ever since. The site is owned by the council who have plans for some building work, which means a few things need to be moved around. Our task was to move as much soil as possible from one corner of the farm to another. After a solid 45 minutes of shoveling and barrowing we'd emptied one bag and made a serious dent in the others.

Task 3 was further still, up to Palace Road Nature Gardens. John was leading. Elise suggested a detour. They all got lost but then eventually found Gerry. He got some people SCYTHING! Some people did some litter picking and others swept the path so it was nice and tidy. Lovely stuff.