In the beautiful winter sun, five if us returned to Danesmead Wood to barrow and rake woodchip to improve the paths through the wood.

Despite only being a small group, we were able to shift the whole pile within the hour, giving us enough time to eat the delicious chocolate and coffee traybake Jude had made.

The first clothes swap of the year was busy. Clearly, the residents of York had been fruitfully clearing out their wardrobes during Twixmas as over 130 attended by the end.

It was out with the Christmas jumpers (all boxed up by the team until November) and party dresses (as tastefully modelled by Ed) and in with jumpers and coats.

With the main floor slightly chaotic, we both took turns in the kitchen for the more relaxing task of serving teas and coffees.

The time flew by and the indoor task was the perfect antidote to the cold of parkrun this morning.

People say that you get that warm fuzzy feeling after volunteering, but what I got today was frozen fingers... Seriously now, a group of us went to the Knavesmire first thing this morning to help with delivery of Parkrun York. Not deterred by sub zero temperatures just under 800 people turned up to run, or walk seeking that endorphin boost. GoodGym volunteers busied themselfes with roles such as the Race Director, pacer, funnel manager, barcode scanner and finish tokens handler. Many "thank you" , "well done" and "Happy New Year" wishes were shared and exchanged and from my perspective 99.9% participants had a good time, even if that wasn't their initial thought at the 3km mark. After the task the bravest of us went to another stint of volunteering on Holgate Allotments, while others went to seek some warmth at home and a cup of tea.