Raking Hay While The Sun Shines

The weather has been about as variable as errm, the weather lately but today it was close to perfect. The Goldilocks Zone as an astronomer or Robert Southey might say, i.e. not too hot and not too cold. Pretty darn perfect for a gathering of a dozen fine folks for an evening of making the world a better place to be.

As a bonus, almost everyone actually arrived on time for once - don't worry Ros and Raymond you were only a tiny bit late and you knew how to find us anyway. Along with our regular crew, we were joined by pals, expert gamers and all-round good fellows, Ryan and James. Coincidentally, another pair of chums Alex and Eve also happened to drop by but entirely independently. Now the latter pair aren't exactly new to GG with over 200 good deeds between them. Nevertheless, with just a fraction of their good deeds at WF, it was a great honour to have these two perfect people to lend a hand.

We didn't have far to run tonight, which was darn lucky cos we had a lot to fit in. Within a few mins of arriving on-site, the crew were gloved up, rakes at the ready and armed with gardening hardware. With the energy of a solar-powered symbol crashing monkey at midday on Mercury, these guys went to work.

With mounds of grass piling up and time ticking away we headed off to Lloyd park for a lovely lap and some hardcore drills. Within 6 minutes of this high-intensity stuff, everyone had earned at least a couple of drinks, and after a nice cool down jog back to Mirth, we cashed in those chips.

Great night all. Do not miss next week's monthly special when, in addition to a fine run and task to Leyton Marsh, there will be a delicious meal afterwards. All has been arranged by Mr Ercole Lugari (who will be completing yet another 100 miles race this weekend!) Sign-up here (to next week's task that is, not a 100-mile run!) ☮️