After being started in December then delayed last week due to the weather, it was finally time to finish shifting sand for St Werburgh's Nursery to create a safer, bigger sandpit for the children. The group arrived so promptly that Sian and I thought we were the only people who had come for 10 minutes round the wrong side of the building! We soon caught up and the group worked in record time on shovelling, wheelbarrowing and Mel on Raking Project Manager duty. We had quite the quality-engineering crafted ramps up and down into the sandpit to heave the sand in, but it became competitive to get the best wheelbarrows for the job as they ranged from 'top' of the range to wheel-less.

In just half an hour, we had shifted the remaining three half-bags of sand. Will, Russ and Liam tried out their sack race skills and it was time to run our separate ways.

It was a blustery morning in Bristol as we chased litter around Dame Emily Park with bin bags and litter pickers. We left the park significantly cleaner that we found it, the largest pieces of litter were a bike frame, a flat screen tv, and a till (sans money). Hopefully the skatepark and playground users have a much nicer park to use for a while.

We had a big group with us tonight and it was great to have Sian, Lizzie and Alice join us for the first time - welcome! It was also lovely to have Alice D back from her mega-ultra last weekend, and she led a walking group on a litter-pick for Bristol Waste with Martha.

Putting our eggs in one basket

The rest of us played a game of Star Jump Tig to warm-up then headed to The Matthew Tree Project distribution centre, where we were helping for the first time. We met Amy there who had lots of tasks for us to get stuck into. These were:

• Sorting donations into the donation boxes
• Checking sorted donations and weighing them
• Loading the van with all of weighed trays
• Cleaning a big pile of trays ready to be re-used
• Sorting eggs into egg boxes

The group split into teams and got started. Clem and Russ felt confident with the technical skills required for the checking and weighing, "because they had SAT level Maths" so claimed that they were the pros for the job. Hopefully they have lived up to their strong claims...

While the team got to work, half of the us headed outside for a tough 10 minute fitness session (still 10 minutes, despite Dave trying to sidetrack me...). They swapped over and the rest of the group got their heartrates up, admiring Russ's speedy jump lunges as they went.

The team worked efficiently (all without dropping any eggs) and 30 minutes later, all of the jobs were complete and the warehouse was looking spic-and-span. Amy was delighted with the outcome and said it would make tomorrow so much easier for her team. Great work!