BOOK CLUB

A small but perfectly formed group of 5 gathered in the Olympic park for a mellow task

We have been doing a lot of physical, back breaking work across gardens in Newham lately so this week we switched it up to Librarian duties. After a pacey 3k run to Durning Hall Community Centre in Forest Gate we were greeted with two tasks:

• The first was to unpack stacks of books that have been donated and sort them into fiction and non fiction.
• The second was to replace several notice board cork tiles across various rooms in the centre.

Me and Andreana got to work upstairs with the tiles whilst the others started sifting through books. On the way upstairs we bumped into a new organisation 'Feeding the Homeless' that has literally just set up, and who we will definitely be joining forces with in the near future.

Once in the Hostel we quickly realised there was much more than meets the eye with the job. Armed with nothing but tiles we were unequipped to remove the current tiles and cut and glue up new ones so we aborted the mission.

Instead we rejoined the others who had made huge progress with the sorting (slight advantage in the team with Lauren's past Library experience), plus some great finds - in particular Cheryl and Ashley...thanks for that Sajid.

We got through most but not all of the books, because quite frankly there just wasn't enough room, even after disposing of some that were worse for wear.

Our time was up!

We started making our way back to the park with partnered interval runs through the quiet residential areas and then coasted back after. Not forgetting the sprint up the Rocky stairs.

Thanks for coming guys, back to the hard stuff next week as we visit INUF Mental Health Charity for the first time to take on a big clear out.

Kirsty