Thursday evening and 5 goodgymers paws-tive(ly) meet at Acton station to then distribute leaflets around the station for the next Reduce and Recycle Hub at Acton Market on the Saturday 4th of May. Fur-tunately the rain stopped and the team walked from house to house for leafletting. As usual, the crew were welcomed or not by the pawdyguards. Who(of) are you? Dogs and cats alert on the goodgymers when approaching the letter boxes. Was it pawsible to deliver all the leaflets without being chased by our furry friends? Alot of dogs barking, luckily from inside but we had some brave cats defending their houses too!! Fur-ocious 4 legged friends and no Goodgymer was hurt during the mission. Appaws for the 5 goodgymers who covered roughly around 3km each and distributed all the leaflets. Pawsome mission!!

Great to catch up with Mr G again. His boiler had been broken for a few days but had just been fixed when I arrived, which seemed to have cheered him up.

In the couple of months since I last shopped for him, his tastes have evolved slightly - his list had several old favourites on it but there was a new pasta bake dish and he now prefers cow’s milk to soya. The supermarket was surprisingly peaceful and I managed to find all the items quite quickly.

We had a good chat about preferred holiday destinations and 1980s Australian TV shows. I even managed to squeeze in a quick tweak to his WhatsApp settings before heading Home and Away.

It was a double header last night in Hounslow! With two tasks to choose from, there was something for everybody. We also got a chance to welcome Beata to her first Hounslow session - great to have you join us!

Those that preferred a shorter run/walk to a local organisation took on the weeding task at Chiswick Methodist church, led by Michelle. What sounded initially like a relatively light job actually turned out to be quite the session. Luckily, as Michelle put it, they took it very methodically....have a look at the impressive before and after photos to see what the group managed to achieve. They also had birthday girl Alanna there to keep spirits up - many happy returns to the lovely lady herself on her special day! When the group is reunited next week we'll give you the bumps.

The second group set off on a slighter longer, and arguably somewhat less scenic route to Gunnersbury Park where a hefty job relocating logs waited for us. We used what three words to find the exact location, running past many very much smaller piles of logs en route. When we finally did arrive, we realised the scale of the task. There was no shortage of enthusiasm though, and we started shifting the logs as fast as our legs could carry us. Until, that was, we discovered a section of the local wildlife that had made the pile its home. Lifting up the wood we found lots of little families of frogs nestled in the mud. So as not to disturb their peace, we gently worked around the tiny amphibians, and soon only the giant unliftable logs were left. Great work everybody.

Next week we're off to do another stint at the Cavendish Nature area, so pack your gloves ready for the next step in this exciting project.

Have a great run into the weekend GoodGym!

Back at the Rose Community Centre food bank in Brentford this afternoon. Arrived at the same time as a volunteer group from a local company who were on their first visit, so it was decided to give them the typical food sorting experience while I agreed to help clear up the outdoors area.

Managed to sweep away 10 bags-worth of leaves and twigs, which I was quite pleased with for a solo effort.

Or not quite solo…I was shadowed for virtually the whole task by an inquisitive magpie. Not usually my favourite bird given my footballing allegiance but this one didn’t seem to mind working with a Black Cat