These dark nights have crept up yet again, and so I was grateful to see Andy and Jen with headtorches. However, Jen's was very disappointing, so we were grateful for street lights!

We chatted and jogged and met Fay and Sallyann with overflowing bags of leaflets. Very appropriately for our #liftthecurfew run, Andy was the only member of the group to identify as a man. He was looking rather fragile in his skeleton t-shirt, but nevertheless Fay thrust a bag of leaflets at him to carry.

For a change, we leafleted the streets behind KFC in Broomfield. We were challenged by our lack of headtorches and surprising door locations, but with Fay's determination to make us complete the task, we delivered all of the beautifully folded leaflets.

Thanks to Andy for the two Halloween poses!

Next week we've got painting at Sanctus.

See you all soon,

Laurie

All the best runs end in the pub but this time our purpose was the pub.

Richard was early and ready to go while Andy was briefly stuck in traffic. We decided to take the long(ish) route of a whopping 1 mile through town rather than taking the direct and even shorter route.

Fay and Sallyann were already at the pub with leaflets prepped and folding underway. We made short work of the folding, once Rich got going I don't think he was able to stop. Andy managed a further 1.2 miles while leaflet folding from his chair.

Cold pints are an excellent substitute for damp sponges and/or the old school finger lick for shuffling paper.

Our merry band of litter pickers, and some little helpers, were at Chelmsford Marathon this morning, helping keep the race village tidy as a whopping 25,000 runners took part in the half and full marathon events. It was great to welcome Farid to his first session and for Jen and Richard to be encouraging the future generation of goodgymers to get involved in helping the community. Great work everyone.

We met up and discussed the latest football results (2-1 Chelsea being second to 3-1 Ipswich). Ben became the responsible adult and said we should set off to make Fay's target time of arrival. So we did!

Speeding down the high street it was lovely to see the christmas decorations out just in the nick of time - they get turned on in mid-November. We posed with them to ensure Fay was rage filled. Martin may escape as he is still basking in the glory of leading the quiz team to glory on Sunday.

Arriving at Hearing Help, Sallyann and Fay weren't even there! They shortly arrived in matching red jackets after we asked the lovely Sarah what we were painting.

In the fading light we gave the old painters a new lease of life. Hopefully they look ok in daylight! Andy actually had a use for once, shining the headtorch while nattering and not doing any work. Who knows. And hopefully Ben didn't get too much paint on the ground...

We headed back over the new bridge to base and parted ways after confirming Parkrun volunteer date later this month! Come along!

With a winning score of 3-1, GoodGym Chelmsford beat its local rivals to regain its place as pub quiz champions at the Ale House. And by correctly answering that the county flag of Essex has three swords, the team proved itself the pride of Anglia. Time to party like it's 2009!