"Turp it while it's hot!" - Rachael

DOING GOOD

We were back to support the Direct Help & Advice (DHA) team with their community managed libraries this week... If you cast your mind to way back when GG Derby was a new fledging group (& we didn't put sweaty arms around one another) we did a leafleting task for the DHA in Mackworth. Yesterdays task was to support them again at another of their libraries on Blagreaves Lane in Sinfin. And this time, sweaty embraces were had!

We ditched the flyering duties & instead donned blue rubber gloves & paintbrushes. No we weren't going into surgery, it was glossin' time baby! Little did we know that glossing is quite the technical job. All amateurs, except Ashley who's glossing skills put us to shame, we cracked on, trying to get as little gloss on the library carpets as possible (cough Danny cough) & glossed up those skirting boards good & proper.

After glossing & some chat about GoodGym appearing on Crime Watch for ruining community libraries (we didn't FYI) it was time to cut into the delicious cake that the DHA team had prepared for us, take another photo of Emma eating cake & get a snap of the whole team together, looking like one, big, weird family!

PS. for those of you concerned with the fate of the paintbrushes, they are being cleaned in turps ready for re-use. 'Turps' is short for Turpentine Substitute according to Google, which is actually different to white spirit. We learn something new everyday eh?

WHILST GETTING FIT

This was our longest run to date & it'll hold the record for quite a while yet. We ran just shy of 11km to do good; GO TEAM!

The 5km run out & back gave us a good opportunity to settle into our pace & chat the miles away... except on those hills. On the route out & unfortunately on the hilliest section of the run (soz guys) we worked on our speed. One minute of effort, followed by one minute steady, over & over (hehe) to raise our heart-rates & quicken our pace.

There was no need to stretch after this group run; everyone got their stretch on as they sprawled out across the library floor, painting under shelves, around books & tables & making the library look glossin' wonderful! Evidence of said stretches & the concentration faces is documented well in the photos.

QUOTES OF THE NIGHT

Glenda's gone rogue!

I,Y.... Y, I ... Y & I ~ courtesy of Rachael

Glenda's gone rogue again!

Turp it while its hot

BIG THANKS

Thanks GG'ers for another cracking group run, for putting up with my inaccurate distance guesses (another one for the spreadsheet Tracey), for glossin' your butts off & for listening to me tell you about our Christmas social. If I sold it to you & you're keen read about it here.

A big welcome & well done to our newbies Glenda & Lauren - we hope to see you both again soon!

UP NEXT

Our first 'Plogging' task! Make sure you wear any bright, flashy things you own... Christmas tree lights will do if its all you have! Kidding, kidding, but please do bring a torch / head torch / body torch & let's go get ourselves some treasure from Cycle Route 6! You can sign up to be awesome here.

Happy exploring lovelies!