I was one of the funnel managers at today’s Pitshanger Junior parkrun where 112 youngsters ran 2k on a glorious morning. And they all went through the funnel in order. Made my job very easy. It’s great to see how much they all enjoy it.

It was the perfect weather for soup today - followed by fish pie (with or without prawns) or vegetarian sausages with mashed potatoes and vegetables. Dessert was Swiss roll with custard. It was a very busy session with many clients coming back for seconds and takeaways. Fortunately chef Andrew had catered for this. It was definitely all hands on deck - or rather all hands in a very hot kitchen. But absolutely worth it to see how much the clients enjoyed their meal.

Today was chef Andrew’s specialty - fish pie. I was on kitchen duty and helped put it together this morning. Fortunately I was able to stay for a double shift and can confirm that it was absolutely delicious. The clients agreed and many came back for seconds and takeaways!

It is such a glorious morning today. I was able to combine two of my favourite things to do on a Sunday morning - litterpicking and marshalling at junior parkrun. There were 102 youngsters out on this cold but sunny morning in Pitshanger Park so lots of high fives and cheers. Not much litter in the park which is great but I managed to fill a bag on my way home - not so great!

I stayed on after coffee time to help out in the kitchen - and serve even more coffee and tea over lunch. Today’s fare was vegetable and lentil soup, pasta (either meat or vegetable sauce) and apple crumble with custard. It was all a huge hit with the clients.

I was back at Ealing Soup Kitchen this morning serving coffee, tea and bowls of cereal. It was a busy session - even the hot water machine gave up at one point. Not surprising with the numerous pots of coffee and tea required. Luckily it was back in operation quite quickly so the clients were kept happy. The supply of chocolate biscuits helped!

Early Sunday morning and it was another big turn up from both the children but also the volunteers. Kash, Gabriela and Steph Ducat arrived after a small fitness session in the park to join both Sevan and Jacquie. As there was a lot of volunteers some roles were doubled up so we had double marshalling to keep the children out of trouble around the course. Gabriela and Kash were at marshal point 8 and were giving high 5's. Steph Ducat was also doubling up as tail walker : yes 2 tails walkers today! Sevan had the task of giving out the tokens, but realised that token number 67 was not in the batch. Will token 67 make it's way back to the next park run?In the meantime it was high security and no messing around at the funnel with Jacquie and 3 other volunteers. Another successful junior park run with 105 children getting over the finish line.

I was back at Ealing Soup Kitchen this morning where chef Andrew cooked an amazing batch of fish pies. Vegetarian option available as always. I started off cutting up pineapples for food bags then moved on to the tea station. I’m not sure what was in the air today but we got through a lot of teas, coffees, biscuits plus bowls of cereal. It’s always a pleasure for me to be serving refreshments as I get the chance to chat to the clients and see how they are doing.