I wasn't quite sure what to expect this morning when I arrived at Mr J's ready to "move some plants from pots into the ground" - as it turned out Mr J has the most amazing sun trap patio that would've blown Monty Don (other gardeners are available) away.

He needed help moving a Clematis that had made its long term home in a wooden tub into the flower bed, and which required quite a deep hole to be dug, followed by a variety of other plants moving from the bed into tubs, and finally a peony moved from another tub into the ground recently vacated by something else just moved out. The Clematis and Peony were well rooted and it required quite a bit of effort to get them uprooted...

With the right tools, a fair amount of elbow grease and Mr J's helpful instructions, I'm pretty sure I got everything moved into their rightful places, and by the end of it all, Mr J was delighted with the transformation - bring on Wednesday's rain...

A familiar list for Mr R today, with the addition of some AA batteries and the option to fish for mackerel if the sardines proved elusive. Fortunately a pair of Tesco's came to the rescue for everything on his list, and the walk between the two shops and back to his with treasure in hand was very pleasant in the afternoon sunshine.

Another perfect morning greeted us under the Big Tree today - and the blue sky, sunshine and ideal parkrunning conditions (occasional fallen leaves aside) brought out a crowd, with 61 runners completing today's 2 lapper around the fields, which included 8 absolute first timers and a whole series of PBs. Excellent work by all concerned.

Nick, as today's RD, was very glad to have the support of London Fields GG regulars Sooz and Hilary, along with Fuad, John and Louise who had answered the call to various local GG groups for more hands, and volunteers Gary, Marion, Nick, Tom and Ching-Yi, who all kindly gave up their time this morning to make it all run as smoothly as it did. Judging by the (mostly) smiles and out of breath faces as runners got their barcodes scanned having sprinted down the finishing straight, everyone did a great job.

We'll be back next week under the big tree for more of the same - can't ensure it'll be the same clear blue skies, but join us if you can - feelgood and happy smiley junior runners guaranteed.

Even before I'd got to sit down, Mr T asked me if I knew the meaning of the word Anthology - clearly it had puzzled him in this week's crossword - I did, and explained the answer, and then realised it was also a good word to describe our usual Friday afternoon chats...