GoodGym is nothing if not varied - and that's what keeps it interesting! One week we can be delivering leaflets through hidden culs-de-sac for Wild Chiswick in the icy rain and the next we're assembling no fewer than seven different flat packs ranging from kitchenettes to toddler trampolines!

GoodGym Hounslow really put its collective skills into use last night when we ran to Chiswick methodist Church to help with a flat pack assembly job like no other. This community hub is home to various groups, including the Stroke club, baby and toddler groups and youth activities. Carol, who manages the space, had a huge construction job for us.

This included a mini kitchen, a trampoline, massive media station, two sets of shelves, a baby climbing frame and a decorative arch. It was a true team building exercise, and without any delay, we split into four groups to tackle each kit.

Tish and Beth proved themselves to be experts in shelf-improvement, while Beatrix, Jon and Ariane had a little bounce in their step as they expertly put together the trampoline. Michelle, Steph, Maxime and Luis proved there is no such thing as too many cooks as they created a beautiful kitchen, while Breda, Florian and Kymm were in pole position creating a table arch. Chris alternated between a power drill and an unfeasibly large allen key making sure media stations and climbing frames alike passed all health and safety checks.

Unbelievably, within 45 minutes all flat packs were constructed and put away. Great work everybody, you've more than earned yourself a plate of Swedish meatballs.

If that wasn't challenge enough, we took advantage of the nice warm indoor space to do a quick but intense core session that featured corkscrews, reverse crunches, plank jumps and sprinter crunches. Abs-olutely smashed it, team!

Shopping for Mr K, this time featuring shaving foam.

After a long day on Saturday, full of running and an unreasonable number of community missions, two Ealing GoodGymers who love challenges finally found time to rest. Or did they? Not quite!

Steph and Kash were up early to run to Acton, carrying their shoes for recycling collection, and eager to meet their friends and volunteer at junior parkrun. A coffee break afterwards was not the finale of an intense weekend, but merely an operational pause before Steph & Kash Hounslow's special episode: a double feature!

The team of two set off for a 13 km run to Feltham, hoping the rain would hold off. It didn't. Between Brentford and Isleworth, a strong shower struck and convinced the hardy GoodGymers to put on their rain jackets. Waterproofs were great, but the two would have to put up with wet shoes for the next 7 hours or so. The joys of GoodGymming in the winter!

Arriving at Feltham, the team realised they were very much too early and walked the final kilometre, spotting and stroking a handsome white and ginger cat on the way. At Ms L's house, they met the lady's granddaughter, and later the daughter, who was about to leave for her shift at work. Since the long grass in the front garden was wet from the rain and not suitable for the strimmer, the GoodGymers received artistic licence when it came to general weeding.

They found plenty of weeds to pull from the flower beds or dig from the grass, sprouting brambles to cut, hidden ivy to remove from the hedge and moss to scrape from the driveway. It didn't look like a lot of work (half a wheelie bin of green waste), but the little jobs added up to fill the whole mission time.

Towards the end of the session, Steph's vintage scraping brush broke, and its operator proclaimed it to be a sign. It was indeed time to go. The two caught 5 minutes of sunshine and ran another 6.5km to Cranford for a well-deserved and well-overdue pub lunch break, then on a mission for another Ms L.

A lot of running for Kash and Steph Ducat this Sunday in between missions as they got confused with the different Ms L listed during the week, but ended up doing both Ms L missions in Hounslow. Second run together and a quick lovely lunch, then it was time to step up to the task at Ms L which both have previously visited to fight brambles and ivy. Today we were asked to clear a corner in the garden to allow the bin to be placed for the council to collect it as stuck in the side of the house so not collected. Ladders were climbed, bins were conquered.

We didn’t just take the stairs… we took the ladders. A mission of ups, downs, and throw‑aways — ladders up, bins out. Ivy was cut down and the path was cleared to the corner Ms L wanted for her bin to the sad removal of the small holly that was there(Ms L has loads of holly on the side by the front home door) Today we had a quick show up of her cat, which was no longer limping. Dog in the house was to his usual barking from behind the front door. A bin‑credible teamwork and ladder‑climbing heroics.

After a lifechanging diagnosis a week ago, Mrs J's plans had been turned upside down, then put on steroids. What had been planned for the future was now going to be accelerated into 2 weeks. It was time to declutter and get the house in a good state to have a nice, tranquil place to recuperate.

"It's called Swedish death cleaning."
"Getting rid of things before someone else has to" - Mrs J

Sevan arrived to find Mrs J's husband ripping up carpet and moving furniture ahead of an electrician coming the next day to rewire the house.

"Don't move things by yourself"
"He'll end up moani..." - Mrs J
"I'll moan anyway" - Mr J

First up was to move boxes and bags filled with books to the car. Mrs J admitted to being an avid reader and having hundreds of books and she'd even read quite a lot of them. Her friend's son was going to open vintage shop, so all except the favourites would go to him to be sorted through. With the first set of books packed and moved, it was time to do something new.

The first floor rooms were filled with a lifetime's worth of belongings and these too would need to be ruthlessly donated. Furniture would be collected and everything else would be scooped into bags and boxes and moved to the dining room for sorting later.

The last task for today was to empty wardrobes on the first floor that were due to be replaced as part of the big reset. Eight large laundry bags, filled with coats, dresses and jeans, were hauled up to the master bedroom and left in a big pile to be rehomed somewhere else in the house.

As Sevan left, the car had vanished, along with the books to be given away. That's one thing off the To Do list for Mrs J.

There's no denying that last night was a bit of a damp squib - but in true GG Hounslow style we made the most of the rainy evening. We grabbed every piece of waterproof clothing we could find (including Gus' fetching plastic trousers), headed out into the drizzle and met with Jo from Wild Chiswick to spread the word about hedgehog habitats.

The last time we delivered leaflets in a different area of Chiswick to let people know what they can do in their gardens to protect the hedgehogs, the charity received three enquiries before the evening was out - so the task has a proven track record of effectiveness. We tried to bear this in mind as we did the rounds of the sodden culs-de-sac!

There have been growing numbers of hedgehogs spotted in the area but it's crucial we do everything we can to help them thrive. They are in decline in Britain and are now listed as vulnerable on Britain's red list of mammals, with numbers falling by up to 30% in urban areas and 50% in rural areas. Wild Chiswick want to let people know what they can do and have volunteers who travel round the area to create hedgehog runs through peoples' gardens so they can find the food sources they need.

After 40 minutes of damp delivering we decided to call it a night and made a run for hot tea, warm pubs and to see if the local water supply had been switched back on - fingers crossed!

Next week the weather is meant to be quite chilly so thankfully we have an indoor task at Chiswick Methodist Church - see you there for a rare toasty task!