New faces at the Strand - Rice to Meet You: Biryani on the Strand. 4 Goodgymers(2 in red and 2 in black) made their way to a busy Strand new Charings Cross. Van unloaded, tables setup, drinks and crisps out ready to be handed out and the most important dish to be handed out: vegetable biryani(freshly cooked). Serving Up Kindness, One Biryani at a Time and in no time the big pot was empty and all the food was handed out. But then Jas brought something extra to go with the rice, crisps and water - brought fresh fruit and biscuits. Then it was time to clean and fold the tables and reload the van. Great work team - Biryani Relief: Powered by GoodGym and Gurseva

The original idea was to help set up the family party for our friends at the canal club, not least so Tower Hamlets had a Saturday morning task that week

As it happened, we were involved in another task https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/setting-up-a-stall-for-the-cemetery-park-summer-fair-c49d2f87-92f2-412b-8628-5a61e8b8a8dc that morning, and coincidently, Sally from the canal club phoned on Wednesday to suggest we instead served coffee in the afternoon. Synchonisity!

So five of us turned up in dribs and drabs, to find the task had changed yet again – we were now looking after the barbeque! And it turned out that special guest Sooz from Hackney was a dab hand at turning chicken, halal skewers and sweetcorn, until they were just nicely cooked through the inside

Other useful attendees were Sam, despite a late night at the Queen’s Head in St Pancras, Ilana, who’d just knocked nearly a minute off her previous ParkRun PB (despite a lack of photographic evidence), and Adam and Emma, who stayed well beyond the call of duty in order to tend the barbeque and keep everything safe and sound.