This week we had unfinished business to deal with!

The poly-tunnel at the Lea Vale community garden proved to be a mental challenge a few weeks ago as we attempted to build it without instructions or even a picture! We did a great job figuring it out and nearly finished putting it together too, but unfortunately ran out of time.

So this week we ran up Farley Hill once again, tunnel vision focused on completing the structure so the team at the garden can get the strawberries growing! 🍓

We found the frame as we left it, with just a few poles still to bolt on but it wasn't quite as simple as that, still some head scratching to do. Some subtly different poles had gone on in the wrong place last time so we had to hunt down the errors and correct them before we could finish. But finish we did, and even put the canopy on top and tied the whole thing down so it doesn't blow away!

The wind was bitterly cold so by the time we were done a round of hot teas ☕ was just what we needed to get the feeling back in our fingers before running back down the hill into town filled with warm tea and warm feelings of a job well done 👍🏼

3 Good Gymers collected food ,Gill,cooked a delicious 3 course meal ,Lucie and hosted,served and filled food bags Neill. We served a delicious 3 course meal to 27 guests + takeaways Starter: Vegetable soup Main : Tagine with mushroom bulgar wheat couscous and flat bread. Dessert: Hot cross buns and nutella spread with custard.

It was just a twosome this week as David and Gill took on the 5km run to the Grasmere Community Garden.

Waiting for us there in the wooded area were Keith and Angela with a box of logs and a pair of mallets. Our task: drive the wooden stakes into the ground to mark the edges of the woodland trail. The stakes will later have willow sticks woven between them. We hammered along the trail getting quite the arm workout with the heavyweight hammers!

When we reached the end of the trail it was job done but before we set off back into town Angela presented us with some lovely cupcakes as a thank you!

So much fun in the air ! You don't want to miss.

We had all a taste of @Revd.Charmaine delicious Macaroni cheese and sandwiches that left us asking for some more.

Laura and I arrived bright and early to help out with the trial of a new parkrun at Rothampstead Park. As they introduced the new route I was relieved that I was on timekeeping as they described 4 loops in the park including 4 laps up the avenue (that’s 4 times up the hill)! After the first timers briefing the run was actually able to start dead on 9am, and Laura set off up the hill alongside the other 37 runners and walkers. I stood at the finish line and cheered them on, so pleased that we’d had the first run in glorious sunshine. The RD was really pleased with the trial and our feedback on how everything had gone. Looking forward to returning once the run is officially launched, and runnjng it for real.