On a lovely bright December morning, 4 volunteers arrived at one of Good Gym Lewisham's favourite tasks to continue where we left off in October. Over lockdown #2, lot has been done by other volunteers to continue the work that Good Gym started by clearing a huge space for an outdoor classroom that is to be installed in January. We are so nearly finished and it is utterly amazing what has been achieved with a few weedbashers, some forks and spades, and a lot of hard work and determination! We also have an 'exciting' new tool to use...the legendary Rootslayer! Which does what is says on the tin. It's so nice to be back!

On an incredibly wet Saturday in Catford, 10 of GoodGym's most dedicated helpers showed some roots who's boss.

Ah, what a treat to be back at the helm and what a treat to welcome some new visitors to Lewisham! A big welcome and Lewisham Love to Sarah, who was tackling her very first good deed - what a day to debut! A shout-out must also go to Lewis, who cycled all the way from Dartford and Alex who pedalled over from Tower Hamlets. Blimey!

No time was wasted in getting stuck in, with Oli kindly giving me some top tips on which tools work best (he's done this a few times now!). We had little teams working across the space, some digging up brambles, some raking, Louie weed-bashing and some very determined root-digging from Hector, Edward and Linda - one tree stump wasn't enough, so they kept moving on to bigger and bigger challenges!

You can see from the photos that the weather changed quite quickly, with rain coming down in buckets and the ground under our feet resembling the trenches. This didn't dampen everyone's spirit though, with a real focus towards the finish line, with whole areas cleared and very satisfied volunteers ready to grab hot drinks and get dry.

Well done everyone, this hard work will take the space that little bit closer to being an outdoor classroom. We look forward to welcoming our visitors back any time, keep an eye out for upcoming tasks!