Steph Ducat) and Harvey headed off to Earls Court on London derby matchday. No, not for Chelsea/Arsenal, but for a spot of leaf clearing and weeding. Our host showed us into her garden and supplied the appropriate bagging. Four hands and four work gloves made light work of this mission, up and down, side to side, in a well kept spot. Before long the garden was once again spic and span (our photos show before and after).

Reunited with our host, this very generous woman insisted she give us £30 for our trouble. When we insisted in return that we are volunteers and she should donate the cash, she insisted back! After a few more ‘insistances’ on both sides, she pushed the cash at Harvey and hurriedly shut her door! Even the best signing our team could muster through the glass door would not change her mind.

Our intrepid duo had no option but to head back round to the main building entrance and ask for help! Luckily, a member of staff was on hand and our boys gained access back to the building in order to feed the funds back through our host’s letterbox. Phew, awkward moment dodged!

Maria , Steph Ducat and Harveyarrived early as ran to the park, so helped setup the course, mainly around the roundabout. we out signs up and Harvey did a course check. Alan arrived and joined the crew. While we were waiting for the children, a small girl arrived with her special necklace....a princess necklace which was going to help her with her running. Apparently she would not come without it : so we had a princess on the course.Maria then did the warm up: well done!! Joannaand the others were marshalling around the course which saw roughly 50 finish the course on a sunny chilly morning.

Wet Saturday and 2 Goodgymers did not let Mrs R down : Harvey who had already completed 2 community missions earlier in the day joined Steph Ducat who made his way after another Mo Run Half Marathon in Richmond. Mrs R was not at home, but she was on her ring bell and Mr R opened the door to us. Mrs R is a regular for Steph and her husband remembered me as been here a few times for either the front or back garden. He thought we would not come due to the weather, but we all know that doesn't stop Goodgymers. Told him we wouldn't get anything done if we avoided the rain. Their cat followed me but not to the outdoors : was it too wet? Today was to weed and do some plant/tree trimming which we whizzed through together. Got rid of the weed in the different flower plants, in the grass and on the slabs. Also trimmed the tree on the side as looked spiky again. Green bin 3/4 full!! Good news it didn't pore down during the mission, but the cat still stayed in and was litter-ly supervising us. What a cat-itude!Or was he looking at the fish in the pond?

It was the annual We Run Ealing/GoodGym Ealing collection of old running shoes at Gunnersbury parkrun. Our combined volunteers were on hand to make sure shoes were tied together and thrown into our sack. But that was not enough, our team also ran the parkrun and volunteered with barcode scanning.

Thanks to the generosity of our a local man with a van, the shoes are now on their way to Jog On, bound for a new purpose. The ones that can salvaged will be passed on to runners around the world who can't afford decent shoes. The rest will be broken down and recycled - a right result!

We brought the festive sparkle to Jubilee Square today, helping to set up for the upcoming Christmas party.

On arrival we were trusted with the huge responsibility of decorating the Christmas tree with baubles and lights. This was somewhat more challenging than expected, given the tree was at least a foot above the height we could reach from the ladder - time for some creative flair!

We worked in order: tinsel first, followed by the baubles, and finally the lights. The bonus being that we got to do it all in the glorious sunshine. The tree is now sparkling and ready for the celebrations.