Covering until Wadars find a permanent volunteer for Friday afternoon shift in the cattery

Covering for a volunteer that couldn’t do their shift

Paula and Barbara spent some time with Margaret in the garden today, giving things a good tidy-up. Together they dug out an old laurel bush, did some weeding, and generally made the space look much neater.

Margaret was her usual cheerful self, smiling the whole time and chatting away while everyone worked. She really does brighten up any day — it’s always such a pleasure to spend time with her.

By the end, the garden looked fresh and cared for again — you could say things are really budding along nicely! 🌿

Given the weather forecast in other parts of the country we were rather anxious that Worthing parkrun might have to be called off but luckily the worst of the wind and rain managed to leave us alone. Eight of us turned out to volunteer and several of us ran.We volunteer as Goodgym at Worthing parkrun a few times during the year and Ricky had suggested this task as a way of marking his ten years to date as a "Worthingite". Goodgym and parkrun have played a significant part in his activities during that time so it was a good way to celebrate! At his first ever parkrun Belinda and John were the first two people he met and spoke to and little did he know he would meet them again just two days later at his first Goodgym task!

Ricky got up extra early to do the course check, Belinda was Run Director, Barbara and Daisy were marshals, John, Ryan and Sarah helped with set up and/or close-down and Gill was a parkwalker. When it came to running, there were around 500 participants and Ricky achieved his fastest time this year since his recovery from injury. After parkrun we wll went off for coffee and results processing.