A shaky start but Goodgym had it covered, despite a few ups and downs!

The heading says it all really!

End of Report! 😆

Pat, Jane and Liz all arrived on time and we're greeted by our task owner Jade! Jade has taken over at Branksome project, initially as a volunteer helper and then employed by Poole Communities Trust as no doubt they recognised her as being so lovely!

Jade had paint pots ready and a large mural wall to paint. Unfortunately the paint was a mix of lumps and water and took a lot of persuading to once again resemble something like paint! But Elizabeth, Patricia and Jane managed to convince a pot it was and suggested we spend the time just covering up the pics on the wall this week!

It had been a fairytale themed wall, complete with a crying (blood) cinderellas, non parking fairies, Wolves, witches and even a clock! It didn't take the team long to put them all to bed however under a blanket of lumpy bumpy paint!

Jane, always keen to use her body balance skills, added in aerobics at one point demonstrating her prowess by sitting in a tyre. Sadly no photos!

Elizabeth - all 5'7" of her took the high ground whilst Patricia - all 5'1.5" took the low ground! Jane took a stance of 'stand back and lean in' approach which worked beautifully until Pat caught her with a splosh of paint!

Apologises to the team for not stating it was painting tonight!

Jade offered use of facilities if needed and we all nodded a thank you, then the word 'chocolates' were mentioned and we were all keen to use the sink to wash hands in! These runners are indeed fickle creatures!

The fairytale had gone and it is time for a new story on the wall. We hope to return next week ready to roller!

Jade was happy to clear away so we headed off under the starry skies of Parkstone. It wasn't long before we had to pant up the hill, along the back roads and zig zapped along a route! Ending pretty much in line with a 5k and not getting lost! Enough time to catch up on races, life plans and general chatter!

Well done everyone - Lovely Job!

We hope to return next week with more troops for a wall paint!