16 Hackney GoodGymers ran 3.5k to paint 25 Gnomes in HollyBush community gardens.

with such an Eagerly anticipated task this evening we wanted to get maximum time with the gnomes so we zipped through the briefing and followed Amy who although not 100% sure of directions was in fine running form with a large Spring in her step.

Arriving to meet Margaret who had everything set up for us to get cracking unleashing our artistic abilities.

With the painting getting set up and strong group on runners carried 150 stone animal carvings from the shed to set the scene in the gnome world. Lots of barrowing and carrying did the trick in 15 efficient minutes.

Gloves on, aprons on, brushes to the hand and we were away! The gnomes are going to form a mini gnome world inside the magical community garden set in the heart of the Hollybush Estate! With plenty of gnomes to go around there were lots of very creative ways of painting gnomes and toadstools.

After 50 minutes of carefully crafted painting action creating some of the finest pieces of art East London has ever seen there was just time for a few Insta shots and tidy up before we hit the road back to the Bakehouse with a feel good task complete!

Quick shout out for the ** Community Mission at St Joseph’s hospice** on Saturday. Sign up here.

Have a great week!

Smooth Running

Joel

9 Fearless GoodGymers cleared out a huge shed for the Welshpool Gardens as well as dominating a canal side run.

We began the evening by welcoming Mia for her maiden GG run!

Big shout out to Eva for organising the GG Hackney takeover of Hackney Marshes parkrun’s volunteering roles on the 22nd of September!! Be great to have you join in!! Click here for all the information!!

With a summer holiday sized group this week we took the opportunity to get in a canal side run to take us on a 3k run to the Welshpool Gardens just off Broadway Market.

Meeting up with Morven and Linda we were soon getting fully involved in our physical exploits. With Amy and Antonia clearing out and mopping up the community centre the rest of the crew were tackling the shed!!

After some fox invasions in recent weeks the soft foam Garden cushions had been ripped to shreds and all the garden furniture needed a sort out and a clean up.

After we removed everything we swept all the ripped up cushions out and tidied it all up before making it look lovely, ordered and clean.

To take temptation away from the foxes we took the rest of the undamaged cushions and stored them in the community centre.

A short run back to base where we had a milestone treat in store!! In celebration of Hackney GoodGymers registering the 100,000th GoodDeed one of our Star Bakers Mireille backed us an amazing cake!! A chunky slice each rounded off a quality evenings fun!

Smooth Running

Joel