June continued its glorious unseasonal weather with constant downpours whilst I tried clearing up some of the mess at the Rec.

No Mow May is still in effect which helped keep a lot of areas clean but it seems the benches are a popular watering hole now!! Bitter at one and Guinness at another.

Plenty of wrappers around and 2 socks, but not a pair!

Mrs Es grill door was hanging on by a hinge, meaning she couldnt use the grull or oven.

Somehow, one of the hinges had come completely out of socket still in its locked position! But with Jen brains and Daves brawn, they managed to unhook the seized hinge and get the door back into place and in full working order.

As Pride had sadly been cancelled due to the horrendous weather June is serving up. We went to the local coffee and donut spot for a post mission treat. And of course had to get in some fun in the photo booth!

Gosh, that was a blustery one!!

In slightly different running conditions from last week's heatwave, four of us headed off from Hilsea Lido before collecting the rest of the crew at the Mountbatten Centre. We welcomed Paul to his very first session - epic commitment to come to a beach task when it's blowing a hooly!

Judy's recommendation to bring smaller bags was certainly a good idea, as bin bags would probably have doubled as parachutes with the additional sea "breeze". Weighed down with a few large stones (and a random shellsuit), we got to work filling our bags.

The more interesting finds included a drill picked up by Katie, Andy's mysterious 6 / 9 / g and most fun of all, a message in a bottle!! Sinéad messaged the number on the note, I'll keep you posted if we find out from where and when it came.

Epic work in challenging conditions, folks, well done! I think my favourite photos might be the ones featuring Andy in a t-shirt and shorts whilst Louisa looks ready for an Arctic Expedition 🥶