A drizzly start for our 18 Bath Goodgym runners tonight for a 5k run up to a community orchard on the Bear flat to cut back the willow so it can be used to make waffle fencing.

Great to see so many new faces tonight so welcome to Anna, Zoe, Dominic and Sophie and to our very own Task force Emily back from her well earned summer break from university.

Warm up and that all important headcount (without a hitch) out of the way with. Emily kindly back marking tonight. It was time to head on up that hill towards the south side of Bath and the flat known as THE BEAR FLAT and our task destination in the community orchard.

Our host was there to greet us armed with secateurs and various tools ready for a bounty of tasks for tonight's group, so splitting into 6 groups with Anna and team learning the art of weaving willow into an arbour. Rosie and Jaxx clearing conquers and debris from the entrance. Mark sawing branches from the over hanging tree whilst Emily and Sophie (our civil engineers) put up a coat hook in the shed. Mim and Meg blackberry picking on site and Steve bagged up more bark chips for Anne's team to manoeuvre across the site. Dominic taking on the challenge of removing wood stumps with a tool I have forgotten the name of (age thing) oops!!

I have to say it was a challenge trying to locate them all to get those all important photos before darkness descended upon us and it was time for a group photo before the run back down to the leisure centre for our stretches.

Thank you Rosie for tonight's pun. Your all such a great bunch to spend a fun Tuesday evening with...its Brilliant!!

A few social drinks tonight to follow For end of month.

A Blooming Marvellous 16 tonight at Goodgym Bath to take on a beast of a hill in our 4K run and a mix of tasks at Bloomfield allotments for Transition Bath.

A very warm welcome to Meg joining us on her first Goodgym run and very impressed she was already wearing her Red T shirt. Sarah also joined us for her first Goodgym experience this evening. The headcount during warm up went smoothly for the second time, things are looking up.

A shorter run this week but a good hill thrown in after some seated squats just to reassure the group that the hill wasn't that bad after all. A regroup at the summit with some tricep dips just to get those arms ready for the task.

Virginia was waiting at the far end of the allotments with lots of jobs lined up for the group.

Two groups of four carrying both tarpaulins across to the playing fields to be laid out brushed down and folded up ready for storage, some trying to have a little game of twister whilst the other team were rescuing slow worms that had been hiding amongst the compost in the other one.

Lucy, Steve and Ed got to work at the far end bagging up bark chips and carrying them back to the community allotment, whilst Pascale greeted Lucy, Anne and Sarah joining us in time to enjoy some weeding, a great group of ladies all signing and making Goodgym Bath an inclusive group.

Emma just had time to enjoy a bit of strimming before it was time to pack up and get that group photo whilst there was still light, bringing me nicely into a reminder to start wearing something bright or reflective and start thinking about those head torches. A quick trott back down the hill to the leisure centre for a stretch out and reminder to bring your ID along to the next group run if you'd like your very own running coach to keep you on your toes whilst helping reduce isolation in older people.

Thank you Lucy for tonight's Pun And Pascale for kindly backmarking tonight.

Great work, Great fun and a Great bunch of people .