Some excellent GoodGym action for a Friday early afternoon.

We started with an impromptu litter pick when the wind blue a load of board game cards down the road.

Our first proper task was lifting boxes of carpet tiles (surprisingly heavy) out of the small meeting room so we could then fill it with as much as possible of what was in the big room. Wilson showed epic Tetris skills to fit in an incredible amount of furniture into the small office.

After an hour of moving and handling, pushing, pulling, lifting and shifting, the big room was almost empty, ready for the new carpet tiles to be laid over the weekend.

Fingers crossed the hard physical labour will help with the jetlag for our jetsetters Jen and Dave and there won't be too many aching muscles for any of us in the morning.

First off, congratulations to Jim who completed his 10th good deed tonight, making him eligible to join the Task Force and 'just' 40 good deeds away from the black T-shirt. Jim describes his wardrobe as inspired by Wednesday Addams so the 50 good deeds tee will fit right in!

I got a bit sidetracked by Wednesday one-liners before writing the run report, this was the one that reminded me most of our group:

"I cause chaos. I don't succumb to it.”

Jim and I formed the cycling group to the Stacey Centre, meeting Sinéad (who'd run 9k beforehand), Laura and Tracey at the Stacey Centre Orchard.

Some other volunteers had been in and finished off our ball court weeding job so we were sent to clear the path at the back of the shed and vines to ensure a safe fire exit route. We made a lot of snails homeless which resulted in a slow race up the fencing to claim a new spot; we battled brambles and grappled with grapevines. Once we'd finished up the path was much clearer than it had been 45 minutes earlier.

We celebrated with a non-homemade sweet snack and then headed on back home for a variety of dinners.

Thanks everyone, look out for the next visit to Stacey Centre, Tom promised no rain!!

p.s. As it was too dark for any decent photos, I've included a pic of Kingston Rec at 5pm today featuring (if you look closely) a double 🌈

Too tired for a proper report... but thank you to all the amazing supporters who gave our runners a boost as they took on the UK's favourite 10-Miler!* And congratulations to all who took part - you did GoodGym proud!

*This is not actually evidenced anywhere

A fantastic team of 10 Goodgymers whizzed through a range of tasks at the kennels. Together we painted one side of a cable reel (we'll need to come back to do the other side), weeded the entrance area and cut back brambles in the exercise area.

Afterwards we were treated to greetings from a gorgeous resident who charmed us all and made sure everyone got a cuddle!