The wind had certainly picked up for our pick.

Laura and I had made a start on the paths around the roundabout when Jen rocked up with GG pooch Rodger and mini gg-er Alice to help us clear the bushes!

2 bags later and we headed off to enjoy our Mother's day lunches.

A post parkrun pick, with treasures aplenty including a net "we'll never get that in the bag" (we did!), some glasses and the obligatory piece of clothing (a glove this time).

The promise of a post pick "pick me up" at Costa meant that we filled one massive Colas bag nice and fast on our diagonal route from Hilsea Cricket Club up to Burrfields Rd.

Good work team!

Jane, Fran and I had a quick lunchtime blitz of litter in Milton Park where we found the usual suspects of wrappers bottles and cans, we also dislodged many a bottle and can and plastic bag in the bushes, and of course some clothing items (a glove and a sock!). One big bag collected and reported to Colas, a lunchtime well spent!

To lop off too much! That was our master-class in rose bush pruning today. There were lots of volunteers today, including 3 new recruits and not just because the sun was out. There was a cold wind blowing across the park, but the pruning activity soon warmed us up and proved very therapeutic. We managed to complete all of the rose beds before clearing up and enjoying some refreshments in the sun.

After Jen took me on a moonlit litter pick date last night, I reciprocated with a sunny stroll today!

We found plenty of cans, wrappers and tissue. And a pair of pants of course!

Apparently we hadnt emptied one of the containers as much as we thought, as we left a bin wee trail along the way!

I bought us a couple of ice cream cones to rekindle the romance

Low turn-out transformed this week's Group Run into an impromptu date night. I treated Dave to a Blood Moon-lit stroll through the beautiful streets of Fratton and Landport, picking up litter and being praised by random men smoking some special cigarettes.

Finished up with a bev in the local Wetherspoons - who said romance was dead?