After fueling up for the task☕, four GoodGymers — Emily, Hazel, Mandy, and Ben — set off to explore new streets for this week’s Stockport Post distribution 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️. As they went door to door, the conversation bounced from UK political parties 🗳️ to the far more serious topic of everyone’s height (debating whether one should be taller than 5'3"… or perhaps shrinking over time 😂).

Hazel also expanded her vocabulary with the phrase “pish pash posh” — the team’s description of tonight’s delivery route thanks to the closely packed houses around Shaw Heath 🏘️. Thanks to that layout, it took them just 30 minutes to deliver the remaining 200 copies of the Stockport Post March issue 📬.

All in all, a purposeful stroll around the neighbourhood, made even better by the arrival of real spring weather 🌼☀️!

There’s always something new to report from a GG Stockport newspaper‑delivery night—and this week was no exception. At this point, the pre‑delivery tea‑and‑chat ritual is becoming so established it probably deserves its own rota.☕🗣️ Ben even casually turned up with his homemade cookies. (Peanut butter cookie crumble? Mystery ingredient? Secret family recipe? Who knows—but they vanished fast.) 🍪✨

Hazel had already pre‑folded all 300 newspapers, meaning the first 30 minutes were fully dedicated to biscuits, banter, and a surprisingly high‑level conversation featuring not one but two biochemists. When your warm‑up chat includes phrases like “potential cancer treatment pathways,” you know it’s going to be a strong session.💊💉🧬

The weather was decent—just a bit windy, the kind of breeze that likes to dramatically flip a newspaper out of your hands for comedic effect.💨📰 Undeterred, our team of volunteers (6 GoodGymers—Laura, Mandy, Jamie, Emily, Hazel and Ben—and 1 ever enthusiastic almost-regular, Mithra) took to the neighbourhood streets.

Tonight’s tactic: full‑squad sweep mode. Instead of splitting into zones, the whole team moved street by street like the world’s most wholesome paper-delivering task force. The efficiency was chef’s kiss—30 minutes and the job was done ⏱️🔥, finished off with the mandatory group photo before everyone dispersed into the night like civic‑minded ninjas. 📸🥷

And the best part? They’ll be back next week to conquer the remaining 200 papers—same time, same team, same rota! 👊🙌

Super effort today from Tanoshi, Hazel, Fanette, and Ben helping out the allotment group at Albermarle allotments in Withington 🌱

There was a slight change of plan with us now helping clear rubble and rubbish from a plot. There was lots of metal, rotting wood, tyres, and a sofa 🛋 (of course). With wheelbarrows, flat trolleys, and a balancing act along the way, we managed to transport the items from the plot to start filling up the skips.

Using a novel jumping technique, we split up pallets and larger pieces. Bit by bit, the skips filled up and in about 80 minutes, the group along with other plot holders managed to clear the site.

Thankfully, there was a brief respite of tea and cake with the community allotment group, before Tanoshi and Ben cleared some rubbish from the community plot, including a lot of glass, carpet, and broken bricks.

Good workout today 💪