Tonight we were in charge of cleaning and packing away all the things from the Colour Run the day before. We quickly got to work organising a box for resuable items, checking and refilling the "useful" event boxes, and wiping down the tables. Ashleigh upon discovering a wheel had broken on the trolley set out with great determination to fix it. It was no easy feat and she had to call Lucy in as reinforcements. After some work with a hammer, a glue gun and some tape the wheel was back on. Unfortunately it did not pass the "Can you support a whole human" test. So they had to start all over again! I can confirm the wheel is now back on but we wouldn't recommend an heavy loads at the front of the trolley or any bumpy ground!

I started off on car park marshalling while Ashleigh helped on registration for runners and walkers. It wasn’t long before it was time to head to our colour stations ready for the start. I jumped at the chance to be plant station 1 which meant we got to throw paint not once, not twice, but three times as it was two laps and we then moved to the finish arch. Now it took a bit of practise to see how much paint was needed per cup to get the best paint to people ratio. There were definitely some times with too much paint or person! I ended up chief paint police on the finish as we descended into anarchy with children pinching the paint. I had to ration it out to make sure we had enough left for all the finishes. Ashleigh had no such problems though as they chucked all their paint on the first lap. Job done!! We had so much fun and so did the participants. Some of them went for extra laps as they were having so much fun. We can’t wait for this event to come around again. It wasn’t long before it was all over and we were tidying up and trying to get ourselves back to our usual colour!

Steph was assigned to distributing numbers for the 5k while I was in charge of women’s and kids T-shirts. There were more than 1000 runners expected and 300 t-shirts to give out. There was still time to grab our complimentary volunteer burger before we headed out to our marshal positions. They were well needed to sustain our cheering through the 5k and 10k which was two laps. Steph was positioned for her road closure and Ellie ran down to her road closure on the parallel road. Fortunately we didn’t have too many issues with cars trying to come through and lots of residents came out to cheer alongside us. Great to see Abby smashing out a new 5k PB and lots of other runners from local groups enjoying this local race. I didn’t manage to spot everyone but they certainly heard me with my cowbell! We look forward to being back next year.

Laura and I popped along to help the fabulous team at St Denys Community Centre for their wonderfully inclusive Carnival. A few gazebos and assisting wherever we were needed. It was so wonderful to see the amazing costumes and dress everyone had come in for the Pirate theme. A beautiful sunny day for them and a great day for the local community.

Tonight we were blessed with an indoor task due to the downpours. Our task: stock take and organise the drink and snack cupboards after a very busy open day for the farm. Lucy and Ashleigh tackled the front of house while the rest of us started sorting the drinks into categories. We then had some careful planning to ensure everything fit back into the cupboards neatly and so it would be quick to access. We discovered Dr Pepper is the most popular drink and you can never have too many Jaffa Cakes!

We were very excited to visit Cedar school for the first time to help them make their gardening area a bit tidier and more accessible for the pupils. We cut back some overgrown trees and pushed back some soil to make a clear walkway around the greenhouse. We also moved spare equipment and rubbish out the way to remove any trip hazards. We had a little time left for weeding one of the raised beds and sweeping before packing up to go home. We hope to go back soon so we can help in the forest school area.