We arrived at Batter Up to be greeted by Anna who had done an amazing job at getting her new practice net sorted.

The only bit left was to put the extended legs onto each pole and shift it into correct position.

Elbow grease and getting caught up in the net swiftly had the cage raised and where it will live.

It was lovely to meet John and have a good chat about what Goodgym do. Hope to see you again soon.

Jen and I then took Roger the dog for his daily walk.

The rain clouds held back, just as Wilson had forecast!

A big welcome to Eva on her first task. She got stuck in and helped clean up the exercise area, give the drains a good tickle, make some of the kennels shine, and fetched the sandpaper and paint to spruce up the benches and cable drum - truly a tail-wagging transformation.

Our reward? Play time with the dogs! Tails wagged , toys were fetched and hearts melted. Samantha took it one step further and helped clean a little hippo's ears! Cuteness overload!

We did this litter pick in two parts, first we cleared the litter that had been exposed by the bramble-cutting where Wilson found a tennis ball with their name on it and Samantha found Steve hiding in a box!

After a brief pit stop we cleared lots of litter from the hedges on the way to the kennels. We filled a big bag but had to leave lots behind for a future visit.

It was real Goodgym teamwork with Sinéad cheering the runners on, Samantha and Jane scanning their barcodes and Dave sorting the finish tokens, after running round the course.

We cheered the runner who wore a sash to celebrate her 200th parkrun at the 222nd Great Salterns very muddy parkrun. She ran with her sisters who were dressed in tutus - luckily they didn't go as far as to wear ballet shoes!

We also gave a big cheer to all the dogs taking part!

More photos to follow!

The benefit to being the only crazy person to venture out into the storm this evening meant I was able to watch the end of Canada v Czechia in the ice hockey. Certainly been a massive fan of getting to watch my favourite sport every day!

A wet and windy visit to the planters was made a little brighter seeing the decent stand they are in.

Picking out the cigarette butts and clearing away some of the dead leaf litter left them looking quite healthy.

And there is some space for some colourful flowers to go in once spring arrives.