It was a lovely eve down on the farm yesterday. Abby, Ellie, Leszek and myself went for a short run session beforehand using local roads to run to various paces.

It was our first task of the year in daylight and we got to work shifting barriers and shoveling sand to help make a new enclosure for two ponies soon to arrive on the farm.

It was a good workout and we had a great time - many hands make light work!

We will never say shifting wood chip is hard after a night shifting shingle! The farm are preparing for some very exciting new arrivals in the next few weeks so all the shingle needed to be in place ready for the new enclosures to be built. We quickly learned how many shovel fulls of shingle were too many when trying to push the wheelbarrows and tip them up to empty them. We are fairly sure the shingle pile was regenerating as it didn’t seem to get any smaller, but we think we made a dent! It was great to welcome Derek for their first session - we hope to see you back soon.

Tonight we were tasked with clearing old garden waste that couldn't be utilized as compost and rescuing the old wormery. It was great to welcome Lucy for their first task and our visitors from Portsmouth GoodGym. Many hands got to work filling bin bags and wheelbarrows with the waste to transport it through the farm and out to the waste collection point. It took a very particular skill set to not roll the full barrels out of the wheelbarrows on route! The farm has a brand new accessible path that has been laid and the route is now looking a lot smarter thanks to our efforts. We finished the session with some cake to celebrate my birthday and the approach of the end of the January challenge.