The hills were a Pen in the Arth! But we made it & made a positive difference

Time to get our run on in Penarth!

We love a good run, and this Saturday sounded like the perfect opportunity. We started with our headcount and there were new faces the week. Welcome to GoodGym, Megan, Ali, Ann and Kerry. It was absolutely lovely to have you join us! Ann shared with the group that she is actually a Welsh tutor, which is serendipitous as Ben shared that he had just started learning Welsh! There was also a very interesting moment in today's headcount when Dave said his name in Welsh, which is 'Dewi', and a few of us thought he had forgotten his name.

Before the walking group headed off and the two running groups, we first had to limber up and get our muscles ready to run. Ben led everyone down to the end of the penarth pier and had everyone doing star jumps, step ups on benches, little jogs to warm up.

Let's make our way to Tenovus to do some good!

Lucy led the walking group, Welsh Dave led the more relaxed paced runners, and Ben led runners who wanted a very hilly run (more than they had anticipated, no doubt!)

Welcome to Tenovus!

Vince, who was working at the shop today, welcomed us to Tenovus. Did you know? Tenovus Cancer Care is a Welsh cancer charity that supports cancer patients and their families, funds cancer research and works to raise awareness of how to prevent cancer. This meant our help was really going to an amazing worthy cause.

We joined forces to sort, hang, tag and steam clothes, sort and measure linen, price CDs and DVDs, and give the shop a spring clean😀👏

Helping at charity shops can often lead to very interesting discoveries. Today Lucy found a Jimmy Choo bag, Llion found Christmas CD's, Lowri found brightly coloured jackets, Welsh Dave found cute teddy bears and toilet golf game and Ben found a babe wig!

Vince was AMAZED by how much we helped in the time we were there for.

That's all, that's all

As much as we would love to help at the Tenovus store all day, we all had to get on! We waved goodbye to one another and bid our friends from GoodGym Bristol a fond farewell.

Some of us then headed to Penarth Pavilion for cups of coffees and avocado cake. Nom nom nom!

A fantastic Penarth run! Thank you everyone for making it so much fun <3