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.

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!

The main part of our session, clearing out old charity donation bags from an external cupboard, was postponed after the door (which has been flapping open for two years) was inexplicably wedged shut. Attempts to open it with techniques varying from Brute Force to Delicate Tickles, we gave up, and instead set a record for the most people involved in putting up two poster boards.

Always one for a dalliance with a power tool, I put myself in charge of drilling, whilst David and Laura did the arm work, holding the boards in-situ. Dave probably wasn't the best person to act as a human spirit level due to the ongoing vertigo issues, but he did a sterling job! Fingers crossed the boards are still up in the morning - the screws were a little short!