Welcome to Gary for his first GoodGym Manchester/Stockport session.

This evening, we were mural making as part of the Plastic Shed bus station mural. With most of the lids added by local children and visitors during the half term open shop, we were able to fill in some of the spaces left to add.

Our task was to fill in the river surface, with a slightly lighter blue than deeper water, but not too light... henceforth known as Goldilocks blue (although there were splashes of dark blue added in for good measure). Once lids were in place and Caitlin gave the all clear, we secured them using drills and screws, with some lids easier to secure than others.

As Lily Allen's new album played in the background, we got through all the boards required, including saving them from falling under the weight. The mandarin duck and well camouflaged dragonfly were particular highlights.

Very impressed with Gary's GoodGym tattoo and hope to see you all again soon either in Stockport or Manchester. The grand opening for the bus station mural is Saturday 8th November from 10am so get along if you're free.

Hazel and Ben went to help out at Fletcher Moss parkrun event number 269. 492 runners and walkers completed the 5 km course, with lots of puddles, mud, and slippery leaves providing a pleasant autumn 🍂 backdrop.

Hazel was marshal at Cheat's Corner to ensure the participants completed 2 laps of the top field, while Ben helped with some of the set up and carried out the First Timers Welcome/Briefing.

Lovely morning with Juno providing ample support 🐶

Caitlin and Jamie have both been very busy moving and mural making for a variety of projects across Stockport and beyond.

To help them out, we came to do some therapeutic lid sorting, sifting the dirty ones, to be washed, from the clean ones that are ready to use.

We had lots of blue, red, and black lids with more colours waiting in the wings. We piled the boxes high, with ~80-90% thankfully looking clean.

We had a mix of 90s bangers and chit chat about how early is too early for lebkuchen and Christmas themed chocolate.

Once our designated boxes were sorted, and 100 minutes had flown by, we washed our hands and said our goodbyes. We'll be back in 2 weeks for actual artsy mural making so sign up soon!