A beautiful sunny evening, a lovely run around our lovely local park and a good deed done – and all in gorgeous company as always.

Maurice arrived on his bike and Emily, Steve & Kat walked to our task starting point tonight and it was the perfect weather for it – a lovely British summer’s evening. Well done everyone for being so active.

We started our evening with a brief warm-up outside the Motherwell offices, then we headed off for our run. A 2 mile loop took us down to the lovely Queens Park, home of our lovely Parkrun and Junior Parkrun. It was a lovely evening in the park and great to be able to make use of it, as during the winter months, it’s always locked up in the evening. We had a lovely natter as we ran, catching up on everyone’s news from the past week. I think Steve won the prize for the most entertaining week! ;-)

Back at the task, we set to work on clearing all the weeds from the paving slabs at the front of the building. It’s 12 months since we were last tasked with this particular job and it had become a little overgrown to say the least. Clearing the weeds is a job the local council used to do, but sadly, not anymore. The weeds really do impact on the overall appearance of the building of this great charity, so it was great to be able to put some hands to work and really make a difference. I think the before and after pictures speak for themselves…..

We had a lovely natter between us all as we set to work – I think we covered everything from music concerts, to parkrun tourism, to what we were having for tea….

By the time we had finished, the area was transformed and really looking fantastic.

Well done team, you were AMAZING.... but I've come to expect nothing less!!

See you at the next one! Oodles of love Nicola xxx