Having a tree-mendous Christmas!

Our Group Run this week took us to Seeability, a residential home supporting people with learning disabilities and autism, to put up their Christmas decorations. We always have a lovely time here and this year was no different. We had a great time - it was tree-mendous! Rob encouraged us all to don our Christmas attire, and no wonder... he had the best costume - a Christmas tree with matching hat. It survived the 3 km run there and was a handy layer for Rob as he was outside with Jorge and Dave putting up the lights round the windows.

Jo, Claire, Jassy and Petra tackled the large window decals - a beautiful winter scene with reindeer, baubles and snowflakes. The creative talent was on point and the stickers were arranged with precision. The hardest part was working out the several sections of the reindeer and figuring out whether his head was section F or N... Fortunately our brightest minds were on the case.

Samantha and Jane, and later Rob, built the tree in the lounge where the residents were watching Wednesday on the telly and giving us moral support. Rachel spent a good few minutes unravelling two sets of window lights before working with Martel to fix them up with copious amounts of sellotape.

Upstairs Sevan and Sabir were tasked with making a desk and all was going well but Sevan ran out of time and went on his way. Samantha, Dave and Jorge stepped up to help Sabir and crack on with the desks in the short amount of time we had left to complete the task. The drawers were all made and the main section of the desk so that saved the Seeabilty staff many man hours. Well done team! Job at Ikea, surely?!

Great fun and a task that really benefitted the residents, staff and visitors of Seeability. So Christmassy that Santa will surely find his way there with all the lights to guide him.

We celebrated our task by heading to the Albion for a Christmas celebration. Kate joined us for a Christmas pint and a plate of nachos. Merry Christmas, everyone!