Alan cycled and Steph Ducat ran to Acton Junior parkrun where both were marshalling this Sunday. As I was early I had the pleasure to put together the table. We had a few speedy children this morning and the girls beat the boys to the finish line. 1st and 2nd position for the girls. well done to all runners and walkers.

Weekly visit at Mr T and our usual chat. Today mainly about foods from the world.

Back to Mr A but this time to do the small front garden : weeding and tidy up. A bit wet but life goes on. Mr A couldn't find the tools so started like last week with pure brutal force until he came back out with the tools. Cleared all the weeds and did a tidy up in front as rubbish just dumped in the garden. Garden looks refreshed now.

Saturday morning is Parkrun: wet one today but everyone was still up for running or walking. I finished dead last - 98 out of 98!!And the worse is that I was being lapped!!😅😅 Normal as today I was the tail walker - always finishes last. A lot of familiar faces including Jacquie from Goodgym Ealing who was doing parkrun with a pram - not her child but her daughters baby. Jags was there as usual and we had a golden mic 🎤 for the Race director to use.

Always a pleasure to catch up with Mr G. A bumper shopping list from him this week as he'd run out of several items.

Brussels sprouts were back in stock in the supermarket - Christmas on its way already? But there was no cod, so I decided to try out hake on Mr G for the first time. Also no Chicken Korma, for which Butter Chicken seemed a safer alternative than Madras.

Both substitutions gratefully received by Mr G: "I always trust all of you (GoodGymers) to put thought into getting the best things you can for me. You make sure I don't starve!"

On a late August Thursday evening, Richard, Sevan and Kash met with Tom, Linda and Nicky at Havelock Estate in Southall to help We Run Ealing spread the word about a beginners' running programme starting very soon - on 2nd September. The programme, led by the running coach Linda, was aimed at women who wanted to progress from walking to running their first 5 km.

Sevan and Richard ran along the canal to the task, while Kash clocked in a 10 km evening walk through green spaces and towpath on the way to and from the session before it got dark.

The team spread to post 500 leaflets through letterboxes on different streets of the estate, including, fittingly, Post Road. The area wasn't large, and the group agreed to meet up again at designated points.

"Let's meet again at the Islamabad Road."
"Where?"
"Oh, that's Isambard Road. I cannot see it on my phone screen, the map is so small."

If you are a bridge enthusiast like the author of this report, you may link the road name with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a 19th-century engineer who designed the nearby Three Bridges landmark. Interestingly, there are only two bridges in that crossing: the aqueduct carrying the canal over the railway tracks and a road bridge over the canal. Don’t let that disappoint you - seeing the rail tracks underneath you and the road overhead, looking from the towpath, is still unmissable!

Hopefully, in less than an hour of leafletting today, we helped the women of Havelock Estate bridge the gap between walking and running this autumn.