Nice late September evening for a run and a pint. No rain, mild, and little wind giving a nice backdrop to a run from Longsight before a loop via Hulme, University of Manchester, and Canal St to converge on Wetherspoons near St Peter's Square.

Good to catch up with Sam chatting about blood donations, the Labour Party conference, and Octopus energy before making our way home.

Hoping for more autumn/winter friendly tasks over the coming months, so keep an eye out.

Super fun yet long day volunteering as part of the GRIT Studios and The Coping CIC Move a Mile event in Stockport.

Initially helped set up some of gazebos and silent disco, before setting near the bus station with the bubble lady, some live music, and preparing for the skate race and flash mob.

Lots of smiling faces and families enjoying the activities as I helped with directions, maps, and general help.

At the end of the day, I helped lug speakers and gazebos back to their storage spot. Great to see so many people!

Saturday September scorcher with bright blue skies and sunshine welcoming Fanette and Ben to Albermarle Allotments for their community allotment muck-in.

🪵 Fanette was on wood chip delivery duty with 5 or 6 barrow runs to cover some of the ground around the new shed base, with some help from the local cats 🐈‍⬛️. The new shed is due to be put together later next week.

🍎 Meanwhile Ben was picking up windfall apples from the community orchard before a thorough strim and cut of the overgrown grass. There was time for filling up a bed with manure and compost to cover for the winter too.

Good cake and coffee as usual ☕️🍰

Hamza went along to help Withington Civic Society with a village litter pick. Plenty of bags collected!

Nice power hour with the neighbourhood group in Northern Quarter, known as Smithfield Garden Club 🌱

We tackled a nearby set of beds where rubbish and weeds had taken over a bit. With gloves, rakes, a handy leaf blower, and lots of bags, we managed to collate the debris into piles, doing well not to get too badly stung by the nettles.

We managed to weed around the cars and along the perimeter too, resulting in 8 sacks of mixed rubbish and leaves to be reported for collection.

Nice small local group, with a few regular people plus new faces.