A mega turnout made this a GoodGym takeover worthy of the name. We covered set-up, marshalling, timekeeping (with no alarms!) finish tokens and barcode scanning. A beautiful late autumn day in the park, 230+ runners and a sociable cuppa in the clubhouse to follow. What could be better?

I had a great visit with Miss D this evening. She made me a lovely cup of tea and we had a good laugh about her nieces mischievous puppy as he had recently tried to eat the leaves off her Spider plant! We talked about nature documentaries and her days of birdwatching at RSPB events. Miss D doesn’t usually go out but she had been for a haircut earlier in the day and seemed quite tired but still keen to chat, so I stayed for about 1 hour 20 mins before heading back home. She commented twice on how nice it was to have someone to talk to, so the visit felt really worthwhile.