The cheers received by 9 good-gymers were great to hear as we made our way to this evening's task meeting point. (Although apparently said cheers were in fact not intended for us, rather for some football players...?)

A quick warm up & ice-breaker discussing favourite sports and we made our way uphill to Dee's Childcare, where a rather exciting challenge awaited us, involving "base camp" in the nursery garden, an ambitious project where the children plan to dug a tunnel to New Zealand. Our task was to help with the aesthetics though, and soon we were moving, arranging & stabilising logs around the tunnel entrance so lots more digging can be done.

Our next task took us to the big screen, this time showing Forest Dump, as we tackled the weeds in an overgrown, fenced off area, clearing multiple bags of vegetation.

Task complete & Stump duty paid! Thanks all & see you soon! ⭐

In a welcome respite from the intense heat of the last week Good Gym arrived at Woolwich Common for the monthly litter pick. I'm never quite sure if a good litter picks means lots of bags full of rubbish or the slim pickings that renew your faith in humanity a bit more. Today was more of the latter with most of us returning with relatively empty bags after an hour. The returns included the usual array of trash but todays highlights were some monopoly money and the longest tape measure your author has ever seen.

It was a little breezier than it has been during the recent heatwave, but that only made for an even more enjoyable morning at Hornfair junior parkrun.

Five GoodGymers joined the regular volunteer team, taking on a variety of roles including First Timers’ Welcome, Parkwalker, Marshals, Barcode Scanning, Funnel Manager and Number Checker.

This week’s event welcomed 39 juniors, including 2 first timers, while 6 runners celebrated shiny new PBs. Huge congratulations to every junior who took part, and a big thank you to all the fantastic volunteers who made it happen.

If you’ve never volunteered at junior parkrun before, why not give it a go? The roles are straightforward, the atmosphere is brilliant, and you’ll definitely leave with a smile. Come and join us next time!