Back at Mr C house where his daughter welcomed me back as I was there recently and had some work to be done on the back garden. As the front needed a bit of weeding too, I did that too as had enough of 90 minutes to finish both sides. In the front flower bed, had to get rid all the dead weed/branches and clear the rubbish that was coming from the main road. Seems that the various cats seen in front like this flower bed...could smell cat poo or was it from the fox i saw a few minutes in front?! Then i went to finish the back garden with the weeding and removing grass in between the slabs. I also cut down all the brambles that were left against the old shed as still some but nothing to cut it last time : used the hoe to cut the smaller brambles. This time, Mr C daughter said she still did not find something to cut the thicker brambles, but i searched in the shed and found some small old rusty clippers or something like that. With pure strength and rusty tool was able to cut and pull out the remaining. Now Mr C and his daughter have to get rid of the bags that were filled from the GG missions(see pic)

Today was the last Junior parkrun before Xmas and Santa had come to town early. There was lots of fancy dress on show at Pitshanger Juniors from the volunteers and also the runners 🤶⛄🎅.

Steph, Harvey and Sevan spread Xmas cheer as marshals, encouraging the runners around the course and making sure they made it around safely. At the other end of the naughty-nice spectrum, tail walkers Kash and Maria turned one little girl into the Grinch 👹.

The girl didn't want to complete the course, didn't want to be spoken to and didn't want to be followed by the tail walkers, which is difficult as that's the whole point of their role. She was being a bit mean and definitely not in the Christmas spirit. Maybe she has tail walker phobia? Her grandma said that the child would drop out, so the tail walkers passed her, then 15 minutes later, she was still working her way around the course. After reaching the funnel, Kash went to find the grouchy child and carefully supported them to get to the finish.

On a mild December Sunday morning, Santa visiting Pitshanger junior parkrun was looking for workouts to be ready for January to get back in shape after the abundance of Christmas treats.

He tried some tai chi and breathwork first, which turned out to be more intense than he had expected! Santa had to do a couple of sprints between the park cafe and the gazebo where a group practiced tai chi - people could not get enough photos with Santa, so he kept running back to pose with them!

Tired of fame, he joined a smaller GoodGym group for a full-body workout with zero equipment (well, apart from the picnic benches!). Could Santa do jumping jacks and Bulgarian split squats? Yes, he could! At the end of the 15-minute session, Santa and his two helpers were warmed-up and ready to go for all the high-fives, cheering and tail-walking at junior parkrun. Well done, Santa!

Ms F is a regular and when arriving at her block of flats noticed something different at the entrance. Yes they have a new intercom nd works like a treat - the previous one made its time and needed to be replaced. Ms F had her list ready for me and some coupons on her loyalty card. She was happy to see me and we spoke in Frenglish : a lot of French with some English words as she could not remember some of them. Ms F shopping list is pretty straight forward, but today had a twist as she added a few different things and had some freebies...so my mission was to get the groceries with the discounted coupons and the freebie. I was quick to fond all the items as starting to know her local shop. Got all the items with discounted vouchers and the free item(Bonne Maman jam - cheery flavor). Also got her some battered haddock on top of the usual list. Nothing missing despite some empty shelves in the store. At the till. I double checked that all the items had their discount and the jam was not charged. I went back and Ms F, said that i was super quick and was happy to have all the items. She was even more joyful when i told her she go all her discounts, the free item and an extra discount on something she forgot about - Super Saver day!!!Saved her £7.60 on her shopping today. We had a chat, wished each other Merry Xmas and said see you next week as I will be back for another shopping trip on the week end.