School of Weeds!

        It has been another hot day on the Dorset coast! Despite an odd shower earlier in day, it was a pretty humid evening as a bunch of us once again gathered in the courtyard at Daveena's! 

    A pretty active bunch turned up, Rob having cycled down, Aaron already having got a few miles in and even Maria turning up to her first Goodgym took the short run down to Daveena's so kudus to you guys! 

    As we had jut over 2 miles to cover to the task and the only way was up...up the stonking North Road literally, we set off pretty prompt to tackle the hills. 

    Reguarly re grouping on the way up, only a few silent ones knew that it was not only North Rd that was hilly, but the lovely undulation of Albert Road to tackle as well! 

    Arriving at the school we met with Gemma, Graham and Sally who could not make the run that night to help with the task. We were met by Neil, Head Teacher and Nicky, Head of School who had kindly put out some cold drinks for us to help. They were plesantly surprised to see 14 of us plus 3 runners already there but there was plenty to do. 

    There is a quiet garden at the school that the plans are for planting vegtables in and other plants over the coming school term and it was pretty overgrown with grass, weeds and old plants! Splitting into groups we had 4 circular bedding areas and two small ones at the side to tackle and a selection of tools to get on. It has been super hot last few days so the ground was hard and tough so it really was back breaking for some of it. Within 15 minutes it was looking clearer already! The final bed was a toughie and took all hands and tools in to try and break the ground! Hard work and strength displayed by Shelley, Aaron, Steve and Richard who owned those forks and spades tonight!
    Maria in the side border was seen finishing off her area with a bit of class as she put all stones back looking lovely! Donning slightly smaller hand tools but working consistently was Anne and Mandy, although I am sure Anne was still cursing me for the hills under her breathe!  

    We were thanked by Neil and Nicky after numerous boxes were sent to compost and they were really pleased by the difference - turns out Neil is also a Purbeck Club Runner so I will be looking out for in future races! 

    Great to have one of the couch leaders, Carol, having a rare Tuesday night free coming to join us for her first Goodgym tonight! Ali also on her first Goodgym, (although you wouldn't know it as she just joined in with the rest of us nutters) has already volunteered to help our Twitter account so watch our for her tweets coming up! 
    On the run home, Nicki is showing her running strength as she powered up the Albert Road all the way to the end, with Liz just ahead and Ali just behind, it was a tough lot to follow! 

    Fantastic job everyone - what a team we are growing!