Went to catch some rays in the local park with my roommates on Sunday afternoon, followed by a BBQ by the river. Tried to have an early night ready for the 5am start in the morning but didn't get to sleep till after midnight.

Surprisingly I managed to get up without a problem.. so i had my breakfast and jumped on the hostel bus which taxied us to the farm. Was a bit of a surprise when we arrived at the farm.. we were picking green peppers, not apples! So that meant I would be on my knees and bending over, rather than climbing a ladder and reaching out. Enjoyed doing some hard work but my knees and back were very sore during and afterwards. With it starting to get hot in the afternoon, the farmers called the picking off so I was chuffed that we could leave at 1pm. We headed back to the hostel and I decided to go for a run to try and loosen up.. it worked a little but I was still sore.
Walked down to the charity shop once I had got back and showered.. to buy some cheap XL shirts and shorts for the fruit picking as you get dirty and really sweaty.. don't want to mess up my clobber do I?! Fashion sense goes well out the window when you're fruit picking. Cooked my tea (with the peppers I had earlier nicked from the farm) and had an early night.

Was harder getting up today and I was still aching. The aching didn't let up either as the work felt much harder and more draining than yesterday.. but I soldiered on and was chuffed with the 12.30pm finish time. Decided to go for a swim at the local outdoor pool when I got back to see if that would ease the pain. Worked much better than the run I had yesterday but a small thunderstorm put an end to that.
Just had my tea and some pick 'n' mix, and now going to chill with the roommates for the rest of the night.

xx