In conjunction with Werewolf Brewery, GoodGym Camden spent Sunday lunchtime improving the conditions on the Regent’s Canal towpath. On our way from the brewery to the canal, litter pickers and bags in hand, we couldn’t resist picking up what had been dropped on the side streets. We even helped a poor tree which had become a receptable for a variety of drink containers and paper matter

We were expecting to be plucking bottles and other debris from the water, but the canal itself was in pristine condition. The towpath wasn’t too bad either, but we did find many bits of litter tucked away in corners and crevices, and by the surrounding fences and greenery . This Included one haul of DVD covers – how long must they have been there – of perhaps dubious quality, glorying in the less-than-imaginative titles ‘Girls Love Girls’ , ‘Young Harlots’ and ‘English Lesbian Lovers’. It might be smut, but at least it’s British slut…

This wonderful crew dug and dug and dug some more, filled umpteen (at least!) bags of soil, and left a whole bunch of planters decanted and ready for refurbishing :)

Thanks, folks!

Seven lovely GoodGymers made a wonderful difference at Camden's Greenwood Centre :)

Lady Andrea was quick to invite GoodGym to host a stall at St Matthew's community event to celebrate the church's 280th birthday. A lot of people were interested to hear about us, and many took our flyers. I also had a lady from a community organisation asking for our help, so look out for a brand new task on a future Monday night! We also got to sample the buffet, climbed the church tower, listened to a history talk, got a demonstration of the organ, rang the bells and saw the inner workings of the clock

Our only panic came when we emerged from the tower to find our precious GoodGym flag had disappeared! After some detective work, we discovered that Lady Andrea had taken it home for safe keeping. So we got to see the fantastic collection of plants on her balcony!

Great heavens, can you believe it, it's bulb planting time again already!

On Wednesday evening, we were back at our regular haunt, Cecil Sharp House, for our monthly maintenance session.

Our first task was to start getting some new bulbs in the ground, for a bit of extra colour come Spring time. We had a huge bag of daffodil bulbs to plant in all the beds around the front of the building.

As always, we also gave the place a very through sweep and bagged up many fallen leaves to keep the building looking smart for lots of exciting activity they have coming up this autumn!

Lydia did a wonderful job working with our host, Susannah, to replant two big tubs that had been looking very sorry for themselves since the drought. We left the place sparkling, and full of new life!