It’s not every GoodGym mission that turns into an educational experience but Cleveland Pools is rather special. Opening in 1817 it is the UK’s oldest public open-air swimming pool. I knew this - I even swam there as a teenager with its big pool, children’s pool and fountain.

What I didn’t know until this visit is that there is a third pool tucked behind the crescent-like architecture. A ladies pool cut off from the main pool where, in its early days, men used to swim in the nude, and allowing women to gather and relax. It now serves as a place to display the history of the site but in my head I could hear the gossip and chatter of a bygone age and see the women bathing and showering and giggling about the boys the other side of the wall.

It was a lovely insight into the history of a lido which may be closed at the moment but has a trust that is striving to revive it.

But enough about history and bringing us up to date - GoodGym were called in to help keep the site neat and tidy, ready for the moment it reopens and - more immediately - spick and span for the World Heritage open day in September.

Five of us dug in - mainly weeding the slopes. Paul had already done his bit by mowing the grass during the week but that didn’t stop him wielding the secateurs. Max and Cosmo went the extra mile, helping a neighbour with some rubbish clearance - and, on her first mission, Laetitia showed the weeds she meant business. Hurrah!

Special mention must be given to the fig and banana cake made by trustee Sally Helvey to sustain the volunteers. Yum!

Four GoodGymers braved the scorching hot sun for our 6th session of the year at Bath Organic Gardens. It was a gentle one, due to the heat! There were many volunteers too, considering. We were put to work mainly doing watering tasks, though interspersed with this we: pinched the tomatoes (we were gentle), removed the flowers from the potatoes, picked some berries and plums! We were climbing ladders, watering tomatoes (with some foul smelling liquid food), shaking trees and of course a good break with a cuppa and biscuit or two. Good work Bennath, Cosmo, Emily and Kate!

I kind of knew it was going to rain, but the hope is always that the forecast has exaggerated it and speaking as a qualified meteorologist this is mostly the case.

Not today though, although it started dry and our hopes were piqued. Our usual organiser from the Farm, Helen, was busy this morning with a school group so delegated to Evie to help guide us. The task was simple, the farm are building a landscaped garden for the geese (of course they are), and the circular path around it needed laying with sand.

Simple, we know how to barrow sand, we might just be the best in the world at doing it. These 'Global Experts' were Cosmo, Bennath and Meyrick and we grabbed a barrow each, and a spade (there was some frustration around the lack of shovels, which then spawned a discussion around when a spade is a spade and not a shovel, but as I said, Global Experts), located our sand bags and got to work.

As we began, the farm was busy, with humans and animals aplenty. However, the rain got heavier and heavier and after 45 minutes, there was not a sign of any animal, human or not, with the exception of the rare spotted Red GoodGymmer barrowing sand in the middle of an absolute deluge.

We pressed on, did the job despite the conditions, of course we did. Big shout out to the crew today as we all went above and beyond.