Five of us arrived bright and early to volunteer for the Big Bear Run in aid of Project Moon Bear. We were given the task of running the first water station two kilometres into the race. As the station was so close to the start we were able to grab a coffee and have a leisurely walk before setting up.

We prepared probably two hundred cups and big highlight was getting to use the drill powered hose to fill the water jugs. Unfortunately, as we were so early into the race we didn't get to trying using it under pressure (pun intended) because the cooler weather meant demand for water was not what it might have been if the race had been earlier in the week.

With the last runners coming through after about forty minutes we were able to head back down the course to where it looped back and cheer on the runners as the turned the corner to go back to Askham Bryan. Lots of clapping and positivity helped spur everyone to the finish including our own Stef who did his fastest 10k for eight years 🎉🎉🎉

7 GG yorkies met at museum gardens to be reunited with the long lost Lionel who we promptly added to the register to make us a team of 8. It turned out Lionel was front runner for Prom King with multiple mentions from the Town Crier (who was doubling as compere) about his programme wielding skills.

The rest of us dispersed in pairs for 'general duties' which mostly included directing people to the toilets.

Jane and Leanne quickly realised that standing too near the toilets meant that they'd be confronted with lots of reports of things that weren't working, so moved away to do a litter pick around the gardens. This led to the opportunity for Jane to teach someone to open their rucksack... Meanwhile Becky helped a lady put up her camping chair while others got fit by helping people with heavy picnic baskets. Tracey was a little bit too pleased to report how much she annoyed people by asking them to follow the rules, but redeemed herself when she and Amy came to the rescue of someone who fell over.

Once everyone was through the gates, Elle set up her picnic blanket and provided a lovely spread for her fellow GGs to enjoy along with the show.

all tidied away despite heat

How Penny managed to come up with new puns every week for Planet Food is beyond me! But, what isn't beyond this mini GoodGym contingent is the ability to weed and water even in these high midday temperatures! Becky was so efficient that, even with Elle arriving 5 minutes early, she had already managed to untangle the hose and have it ready for the task at hand. Within half an hour they had thoroughly watered the three raised beds and pulled out a basket full of weeds.