Thanks to Katie for finding us tonight's task - fortunately we had a warm and dry evening which made mini-bus washing a much more pleasant activity.

Andy and Dave did a solid job cleaning, polishing and hoovering inside the bus. Dave was very taken with the Cockpit Shine cleaner, and may be investing in some for the car at home.

Whilst cleaning the outside, we mused on the fact that we don't actually wash our own cars anymore, so this was quite a novel experience. I did get a little flashback to childhood when I was launching buckets of water to rinse the suds.

Sinéad's climbing skills came in handy for cleaning the high side of the van, although at the end of the task realised the ladder she'd been using was a little dubious!

We arrived at Batter Up to be greeted by Anna who had done an amazing job at getting her new practice net sorted.

The only bit left was to put the extended legs onto each pole and shift it into correct position.

Elbow grease and getting caught up in the net swiftly had the cage raised and where it will live.

It was lovely to meet John and have a good chat about what Goodgym do. Hope to see you again soon.

Jen and I then took Roger the dog for his daily walk.

The rain clouds held back, just as Wilson had forecast!

A big welcome to Eva on her first task. She got stuck in and helped clean up the exercise area, give the drains a good tickle, make some of the kennels shine, and fetched the sandpaper and paint to spruce up the benches and cable drum - truly a tail-wagging transformation.

Our reward? Play time with the dogs! Tails wagged , toys were fetched and hearts melted. Samantha took it one step further and helped clean a little hippo's ears! Cuteness overload!

We did this litter pick in two parts, first we cleared the litter that had been exposed by the bramble-cutting where Wilson found a tennis ball with their name on it and Samantha found Steve hiding in a box!

After a brief pit stop we cleared lots of litter from the hedges on the way to the kennels. We filled a big bag but had to leave lots behind for a future visit.