A small but hardy contingent of GoodGymers set out on a five-mile circuit, putting up posters for Home-Start Portsmouth's volunteer recruitment.

There was plenty of time for chat about music, festivals, devolution and the rise and fall of the Co-Op. We also enjoyed pointing out personal local landmarks to one another, who knew Jim's nan lived one block over from my ex-husband? And that twelve-year-old Dave was paid a tenner to be in a police line-up?

We gave the planters a much-needed drink to keep them going until the rains come.