The weather was gloriously sunny for two goodgymers volunteering at Whitley bay junior parkrun! The only issue was that the ground was so hard that it was very difficult to get the spikes in the dry hard ground for the finish funnel! after that struggle I was run director and Nour marshalled. Over 200 young runners completed the run!

On a warm, but occasionally mildly moist, Monday evening, five GoodGymers headed to Shieldfield and Sandyford armed with hundreds of Ouseburn Festival leaflets. This continued the task we started last week in Heaton. Shieldfield and Sandyford don't have quite as many terraced streets for easy leaflet delivery, but we delivered almost as many leaflets as last week, on what was another successful evening.

Some train mishaps and delays led to an absence of litter pickers, the inanimate not the human kind, for tonight's litter pick. Fortunately GoodGymers are nothing if not resourceful, so we improvised with some gloves, which Aimee thankfully had to hand, and the willingness to literally use our hands. Undeterred by the lack of mechanical assistance Scott and Richard managed to fill at least six bags with litter, while Aimee protected her aching back as designated bin bag carrier.

It was a successful evening in the end, with the added bonus of better than expected weather!

I was run director at whitley bay junior parkrun on one of the wettest Sundays in a while! 30 plus young runners braved the bad weather, many of them tourists! Full disclosure the picture is an old one as it was too wet and I was too busy to take any!

Four GoodGymers visited Jesmond Community Orchard on a very pleasant Sunday. The tasks ranged from weeding around the base of trees and watering a new hedge to digging out three well-entrenched fence posts.

This was GoodGym Newcastle's first visit to the orchard for almost six years. We certainly won't be waiting as long before returning!