Last night brought us to Plumstead, some of us running by the river, others walking and meeting us at the location for our glamorous task of litter picking a particularly grotty spot. Good deeds definitely earned for this one! Thankfully the rain held off and we busily collected a whopping 28 bags of bottles, wrappers, and oddly some hair? It's surely Incredibles what 11 commited GoodGymers can achieve in a short space of time - great work everyone.

A huge welcome back to Kevin, who has already smashed FOUR tasks since joining last week 👏 and big cheers to Hope on your second GGG group run, great to have you with us again!

This weekend we've got lots going on:

Saturday 16th

• Flyering for MumsAid at Peninsula Parkrun: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/distribute-flyers-for-mumsaid-at-greenwich-peninsula-parkrun

• Gardening at Oxleas Woods: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/gardening-at-oxleas-woods

• Cleaning up at the pet cemetery: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/clean-up-at-the-old-blue-cross-pet-cemetery-e6d263c5-2c11-43fa-8e77-c9efd3ea628d

Sunday 17th

• Helping at the Charlton plant sale: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/helping-at-the-cabahs-plant-sale-e6216869-db5c-4f0f-870d-836747fe587f

• Gardening at Hervey road: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/gardening-at-hervey-road-community-garden

Next week

Tuesday

https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/moving-furniture-and-cleaning-at-the-wsup

Wednesday

Sweeping at Morden College and social 🍻: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/sweeping-by-morden-college-and-social

Until next time!

Rachel

How many Goodgymers does it take to pick litter in Charlton on a Sunday morning? Eight, apparently.

Armed with our litter pickers we tackled both sides of Anchor and Hope Lane, rescuing rubbish from bushes, hedges and pavements alike. By the end, bus stops along the route were proudly displaying a collection of bulging bin bags of our catch.

This week we were joined by Heather, a seasoned Goodgymer but a first-timer with Goodgym Greenwich. Welcome, Heather! Now that we’ve shown you the glamorous side of Sunday mornings in Charlton we hope to see you again soon.

And of course, no litter licking session is complete without post-task refreshments. This week we had even more reason to celebrate, as JC arrived fresh from completing his 200th task. A great milestone. Big congratulations, JC!

10 goodgym-ers met for tonight's task at Woolwich Crossrail, and after a hop, skip, & an ice-breaker discussing favourite toys, made our way uphill to one of our regular venues,  Dee's Childcare. We'd hedged our bets on what tasks awaited us, often presented with garden toy-making adventures of our own at this nursery with a fantastic outdoor space.

Once there, while one group got on with weeding the crop- growing beds in the back garden, team Hedge embraced their inner beauticians,  clipping away at a massive hedge growing on on side of the front driveway which had become overgrown & blocking the natural light to the front of the building. Defoliage-ation indeed!

Bags & green bins full of greenery for recycling, we all finished the task in a much better Hedge space.

Welcome to GoodGym Greenwich to Hope and Kevin!  Thanks all & see you soon 😊 

Run report by Sarah M

A small but committed group set out from Glass Mills on a lovely Bank Holiday evening. In order to make the most of the remaining sun, we deviated from our usual route to Seniors to take in the heights & sights of Blithe Hill Fields.

On arrival, our sextet was split to tackle 3 tasks: weeding the planter beds, digging out and planting for a new vine, and weeding in the courtyard.

Even though it had only been 2 weeks since our last visit, a previous vine could already be seen starting its assent of the arch installed that previous Monday!

Enjoying the extended daylight, we didn’t wrap til a little after 20:00, when cleaned beds were left in favour of the Blythe Hill Tavern - well it was technically still the weekend, after all!