Autumn is truly upon us judging by the chill in the air first thing this morning and the leaves on the ground, but that didn't deter 50 keen runners arriving at the Fields for another Sunday morning two lapper - including two first ever timers, 10 PBs, and some overseas visitors from Germany - quite a selection to cheer on.

As always our volunteer force were able to make it all happen successfully - so much thanks to Sarah, Hilary, Rue, Md for helping Run Director Nick navigate event #393 and keep it all on track.

Our first finisher today, a first time visitor, sped round in 8:13 and had quite a gap behind her as she crossed the line before our next group of lead runners came down the finish funnel, and after that it was the usual steady stream of slightly breathless smiling faces collecting a token before we got to the tail end of the pack who were clearly enjoying their morning run/walk in the sunshine.

Meet us under the Big Tree for more of the same next week.

A "fun" shopping mission for Miss N this afternoon as it didn't involve visiting any chain supermarkets, instead I was tasked with going to the Halal Butchers for chicken breasts, her preferred fruit and veg shop on Edgware Road for a Honeydew, and then Farah Supermarket for 1kg of Honey...all successfully found and purchased, much to Miss N's delight!

A milestone mission for me, but a normal chat plus shopping mission for Mr T, who was feeling a little under the weather this afternoon, but still on good form, and we covered the usual wide range of topics both pre and post shop - and not for the first time I left feeling educated about things I didn't know about prior to arriving at his front door!

I worked out this was my 83rd shopping mission for Mr T, and there was something suitably satisfying about him being the beneficiary for this particular mission today.

Today's task to help clear space in the living room to enable Ms E to return home from hospital felt like the culmination of David and my furniture shifting experience of recent times - helped enormously by Ms E's social worker being on site to direct us to exactly what needed moving and to where.

All the items we moved fitted neatly through the doorways in the flat without presenting us with too many spatial challenges, and having earlier prepared space in which to put them, and keep a passageway clear to a cupboard in that room, we made rapid progress getting the living room cleared, and one heavy bureau aside that seemed to have a number of false front drawers...nothing fell apart in our hands either (always a relief).