For those of you who are old enough - there were no penguins! But 59 youngsters came out on a glorious Sunday morning to run Pitshanger Junior parkrun. I was marshalling at station one where I got to see the lead runner come home in just over seven minutes - but also got lots of high-fives from the little ones. It’s always a delight to help out with the juniors - especially on such a lovely morning.

No - not the singer but a delicious lunch for clients today. Chefs Andrew and Arul excelled themselves with meatloaf, mashed potatoes, beans and onion gravy. There was a vegetable stir fry with rice for the vegetarians. It was a busy day at the Hub with games, English lessons, exercises, showers, food parcels, clothes distribution and lunch for the clients. Even with a shortage of volunteers, everything went like clockwork and saw a lot of satisfied clients.

I was on kitchen duty at the Soup Kitchen this morning and that meant chopping onions for the vegetable stir fry and then onion gravy. Raw onions always mean tears for me but I managed to get through it. Kitchen shifts involve whatever needs doing so there were dishes and pots to wash, tables to organise and general cleaning up to be done. All in time for the lunch service.

It was a beautiful morning in Osterley Park - 39 youngsters ran around the 2k course with 17 volunteers, including Goodgymmers Maria and Jacquie. Run Director, Peter, never refuses a volunteer and Maria’s friend (who thought he was going to enjoy relaxing in the sun) found himself in a marshal role! Fortunately he is a registered parkrunner - maybe he will sign up to his local Goodgym next!

I was supposed to hand out finish tokens at Southall this morning but the marshall allocated to the roundabout position chickened out! It’s three times right and then left on the fourth time into the finish funnel. I think I got it right (or left) most of the time! Good to see Stephane Vessaud and some Goodgymers from Dulwich. They all finished correctly!

I was due to marshal at Pitshanger Park Junior parkrun but a sprained knee ligament made even walking tricky - luckily one of the other volunteers (my husband!) agreed to a swap and I was able to stand still and hand out finish tokens. Even with a dodgy knee I could manage that 😊