6 incredible GoodGymers headed to the Stacey Centre for a fantastic gardening mission. Our small but mighty squad was buzzing to welcome a brand new member to the crew, ultramarathoner Donna! We were thrilled to have her with us, and even more thrilled she didn't try to make us run 50 miles!

The main mission of the night was to remove an overgrown patch of burdock, amongst other weeding duties. I’m not saying the roots were deep, but I’m pretty sure the team opened up a portal to the Upside Down! After much tug of war (and a cunning use of the secateurs!) we managed to rip the never-ending vines from the soil, potentially saving Portsmouth from a supernatural invasion!

Sweaty but victorious, we took a well-earned breather to marvel at the Stacey Centre’s impressive fruit collection, spotting plums, cherries, apples, peaches, blackcurrants, and grapes, like true gardening connoisseurs!

Top tier weeding team!

A beautiful morning for stretching, sun salutations and relaxing. 🌞 The 3 of us enjoyed the class and a coffee afterwards.

You can try attend Park Yoga any Sunday through the summer at 0930 at Queen Elizabeth Country Park and also at Staunton Country Park.

We were very pleased to be back here!

Our first task was to rescue a bench that had been gnawed by an over-enthusiastic resident; after a bit of sanding and a lick of paint it was looking almost as good as new!

We also fought the very thorny brambles and weeds on the main pathway. This involved multiple wheelbarrow trips to the composting area where we discovered large sand dunes.

After parkrun, we gave Great Salterns a bit of a clean up.

We welcomed Goodgym tourist Jacqui from Barnet and Rebecca's friend also called Rebecca from Southampton.

Among the usual finds, we found a particularly memorable find: part of a man's pants... always keeping things classy on a Goodgym task! On a more tasteful note, we also found a frisbee still in good shape, so we hung it on a low branch as a lucky gift for a passing dog!

What a pleasure it was to be part of parkrun's 1,000,000th Event weekend of celebrations!

Rebecca joined the volunteering team as a Marshal, whilst Jane took on Barcode Scanning for the runners at the end.

Jen and Dave managed to run and volunteer this week- Dave had to put his foot down to takeover Finish Tokens from the Run Director, whilst Jen added some shuttle runs to her cool-down whilst Token Sorting.

We also got to meet Jacqui from GoodGym Barnet, who joined us for two tasks after her parkrun tourism, and local MP Amanda Martin, who spoke so highly of GoodGym, which was wonderful to hear! Also - I wish I could look as glam a Amanda after a 5km!

Nice job, everyone!