The Scrapstore needed our help, and 17 GoodGymers answered the call! We welcomed RyanRuben and Kieran to their very first Group Run this evening and we hope they enjoyed their warm welcome this evening. 12 runners ran, 3 walkers walked and Frances and Jade appeared, worked hard, then disappeared back in to the night! We split in to 3 teams, Ryan, Ruben, Ruben, Richard, Richard, Helen, Frances and Nell set about rolling up coloured pre-cut materials, and much debate was had about the relative density, likely uses (pirate hats, capes and yoga mats for people who abhor comfort) before filling barrels and barrels full of them! Valè and Jason were the cutting crew. Jason proclaiming that one of the sheets reminded her of the smell from baby dolls in Argentina in the 1980'!...unpleasant! The final job was re-attaching handsets to phones. The staff had a little wager on how many we could do, and the team of Phill, Nell, Gareth, Jordan, Freya and Sebastian, surpassed their expectations, reattaching, according to Phil 'a billion!'. We left the Scrapstore dazzled by multicoloured scrap and hope to be back soon, but also with the promise of indoor winter tasks!

Glorious sunshine greeted the five of us as we arrived at the Community Garden to help set up for the spring fair. The first job was to put up bunting. After much rumination, deliberation and other -ations we adorned the garden with colour. Wow!

But how will people find the place! No worries, we have signs. Jordan and Frances scoured the streets to find the perfect spot to put up signs pointing to the fair. While that was being done Jade and Jason watered the garden while I swept the floor in a hut for the quiet space.

Next was the signs. This is where the artistic talent really came out. Which way to the water? Why this way my dear friend! You want pizza or your face painted we’ve also got you covered too.

After two hours we were done and the fair opened. A short mooch around and we were on our way. Great job everyone.

Until next time…

6 runners, 4 walkers and a cyclist (not the set up to a joke, an actual fact!) made their way to Sparks to help get them ready for their first Birthday on Saturday.

Helen joined us for her first group run after deciding to see what the difference is between morning sessions at Windmill Hill, to the evening crowd in Queen Square!

We all converged in the alley behind Sparks and Lucy showed us to the toaster that we duly emptied, shifted 2 metres, them filled again!

NikFrancesMarianne and I, Vaguely Northern Darren, made light work of table and chair organising, before we all went upstairs and shifted some not very light stage sets. My first time using a trolley thing, also needing some extra wheels to shift it, taking around 6 people and a significant amount of time manoeuvering , before we found that 4 people (if one of the 4 is Valè, could actually carry it much quicker! The service lift was an experience, that if you weren't there, you wouldn't understand 'man'.

After realising the door somewhere wasn't shut properly, Jordan braved the 3rd floor on his own, and survived to close the door and get us moving again. Everyone worked hard tonight, including Frances and Richard working tirelessly at keeping the doors open.

Back downstairs at 7:45 for a quick group photo before Frances and Marianne spontaneously joined the GoodGym Eats crew, while Caroline stuck to her guns of never doing anything spontaneously in her life and ran home.

Thanks to Frances for the pun, honourable mention to Richard for 'Up down Junk'. [edit from Melanie (in Finland) - we definitely need to use that one!]