In the Hannover part of Brighton there are scribblers tagging walls: Now don't get us wrong, we appreciate wall art and a good mural, but random tags make the place look messy.

Que , Amro, Stephen, Michelle, Michael and myself armed with magnolia paint and rollers thanks to Cllr David Gibson who looks after the ward. We covered several walls with a coat of paint, with Stephen even jumping up the wall to cover some tagging that must have been done by a 7ft giant!

With three walls painted Michelle and Michael even had time to do a litter pick in the front gardens of the Alms Houses. For good measure we gave the bindweed a bit of a sort out too.

It was dark before we finished the tasks and with the nights drawing in earlier it might be time to dust off the head torches so we can see what we're doing at future tasks!

This evening at Hove Lagoon

Equipped with scrapers and brooms

Nine Goodgymmers succeeded

In getting it weeded

And we hope to be back soon!

(And thanks to my friend Isobel for the pun!)

Autumn has officially arrived, and the evening light - that we Goodgymmers rely on for our good deeds - is beginning to fade. It's not all bad news though, for I hereby confirm that mince pies and other Christmas goods are now available from most good supermarkets (and definitely all the bad ones).

Anyway, it was still a very pleasant early autumn evening when Stephen, Susan, Rosemary, Frannie, Tabi, Mike, Helena and Roy gathered at the Bevy for an hour of weeding and other garden-related action, under Warren's direction.

Half the group went off to the veg beds with Dave and Shirley, weeding and removing some of the veg that had seen better days, and turning the beds ready for next season. Rosemary came out of it with her dinner sorted, taking home a fine looking corn on the cob and spring onions to boot.

The rest of us were in the beer garden with Warren and set to work weeding, and filling some of the large planters with compost. I went up the ladder (a step ladder, not my real ladder) and spent my time weeding the top beds.

Afterwards, we chatted for a few minutes, and realised how nice it would be if the Bevy was actually open when we come here...maybe next time!

Talking of pubs - I just realised yesterday was our designated social evening (second Tuesday of the month) - any chance of doing one next week? I guess we would have to split in to groups of 6 :-(