Another visit at Mrs A as the back garden is huge but getting clearer every week end. Mrs A was taken to hospital during the week, but her son was there to allow me to carry on with the garden. Mrs A is ok and been looked after, so it will be great for her to come back to a finished garden.

What other treasures could I find in the overgrown garden? Yes more golf balls, flower pots, a tree trunk and a old fashion mower that you push to cut the grass. But there was something else hidden in the brambles and bindweed : part of an engine. When I told Mrs A son, he said wow, that from dads Cortina. That was a car back in the day!!!

We now can clearly see the fence and the back of the garage is clearly opened up. More grapes have appeared as the invasive plants have been removed.

Today was thankfully cooler than our last visit to Acton Junior parkrun. Either due to that or more of the runners not being away on their summer holidays, there were a few more finishers today and by the next time we're here, schools will be back and they should return to the normal numbers of children 🤞.

For today's run, Maria took centre stage, leading the warm up session again. Steph, Kash and Sevan marshalled around the course, Chris took on the role of timekeeper and Maria completed the circle of parkrun, being at the start and the end, by scanning barcodes too.

Sevan paired up with a new-to-Acton marshal at the roundabout and showed them how and when the children would appear at their marshal point. He also tried to explain the complicated course layout, which is still indescribable. Is it like a snail? 🐌 Some of the new children didn't get it either, needing the marshals to point them in the right direction to get them to the finish. They'll have learned from the guidance and will know what to do next time.

Kash and Steph Ducat were up early to meet at Ealing Broadway Station for a short and chatty run to Acton Junior Parkrun. After a warm up, the two runners went through the quite streets of Ealing towards to park. We said we will take it easy...but did we?!Both feeling comfy and chatting away, we then noticed that we were on a good pace....yes zooming through the streets! In no time we were in the park for some stretching before we tackled our roles at Acton Junior Parkrun. So nearly 3.5km in just over 18 minutes. Flash ⚡⚡⚡