17 Hackney GoodGymers ran 4k to the Literacy Pirates to help them with a heavy duty office move.

Great to have such a great squad along for the evenings activities! Welcoming in Ellen for her maiden GG voyage!!

Nipping off to Dalston through some of Hackney backstreets and the through the vibrant and amazingly encouraging Ridley Road market!! Making our way to the Literacy Pirates home ship!

Meeting Phoenix who showed up what had to be done around the various levels of the ship while explaining the amazing work the charity does for Hackney’s young people!

Each year 100 primary school children and 100 secondary school children from 20 Hackney schools become Pirates for the school year and aim to conquer their Literacy adventures!! With the new recruits coming in a few weeks it’s about getting ship ready for them.

We had to move cabinets, shelves, huge tables and many other things to a new home. From the Deep to the Bridge and way up to the mast!

Taking the table apart to allow it to fit down the lift before masterfully assembling a new Flat pack tall book case in a magical 18 minutes!!

Washing down the walls of the chalk boards ready to get repainted in the morning both on the Bridge and on the stage in the Deep we completed all tasks to perfection!

A quick debrief on the Ship where we found the secret passage and collected a prize for our efforts!

2k back to base on the double rounded off a great evening!!

See you next week for a park adventure!!

Joel