Tuesday 3rd December
Written by Yianny (he / him)
It's the most wonderful time.... of the year! Last night was a lovely GG session (as ever tbh) with a good sized group and lots of folks sharing their various positive life experiences - it was enough to uplift the whole group to smash the task in record time.
Most of the group met at Papa's before setting off on the short run down to Swan Mews to meet with Mohah and our resident cyclists Marie-Noelle and Paul.
We had a triple task to finish off the work at the mews - rubbish clearance, compost shifting and a bit of digging so we split into three groups and set about the different tasks. The hive of activity was even enough to bring out the local residents who were taking note of how much better the gardens were now looking - I mean in all honesty how often do you need a full clothes rail on coasters in a planting garden......??
By just before the hour we were all done but had to solve a South London mystery, the fawcett for the gardens was turned on (over by the bins) but no water was coming out, what could be causing that? A quick bit of detective work found that a section of the hose pipe had been unscrewed and (presumably) nicked by someone for their own use meaning the water was pouring out into the pavement area.
With that now solved we could wash our hands and prepare for Ben's baking and even though it wasn't cookies which would have helped with the puns, the group was treated to both blondies and brownies and I can say they were absolutely delicious (warm, thick and gluten free!)
As we all set off that just left a reminder to join us for the GG Lambeth End of Year / Xmas party next week after our task - you can sign up here.
Thanks all!
Tuesday 26th November
Written by Yianny (he / him)
The winter nights are truly with us now as we had a crisp late November in Brixton where Charlotte and Tilly met AA Yianny before we set off to our task.
We had a few people running late who would meet us at Holy Trinity and we were delighted to welcome along Rhiannon fir her first GG session, great to have you with us! Also meeting us there were our resident cyclists Marie-Noelle and Paul, Lambeth legend Michael and of course Nicole, Adam and HT volunteers and Father Nature himself James, it was a bumper group for a bumper task.
HT had received two truckloads of steaming woodchip and we divided into two groups, one shovelling into the wheelbarrows and the other running it up to Ivy's garden at the back to spread it in the orchard.
It felt like a new record was set with many tens of barrows being wheeled up but if you tried to count them all it would leave you barking...... ;0)
We wrapped with a reminder that in two weeks we are back at HT for our Christmas / end of year task and social (along with a chance to see the new hall in all its' glory) so do check that one out and get signed up - we will head to the pub afterwards for a GG quiz and drinks. https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/holy-trinity-carol-prep-gg-christmas-party-tuesday-s-group-run
Huge thanks to all and see you next time.
Tuesday 19th November
Written by Yianny (he / him)
Last night was a chilly one -- temperatures headed down towards freezing however the rain thankfully cleared and we were able to stay dry if not entirely unfrozen.
Ben and Yianny met at Papa's while Tilly headed directly to the task as she was carrying precious cargo (more shortly) where we were met by Jonathan who was covering for Mohah to let us in.
After the usual issues with the annoying padlock we managed to get in without having to break in which was great and Mohah had helpfully sprayed all of the items that were to be disposed of.
There were an incredible range of items including bed frames, timber, plastic items and everything in between so the three of us cracked on wheelbarrowing and carrying as much as we could over to the estate bins round the corner. This was a classic GG task with large piles of 'stuff' that needed to get from one place to another, so proper fitness was got.
It was muddy, it was soggy, our fingers were frozen but it was good fun and it was all worth it as Tilly had baked for the sweepstake and made delicious (I mean honestly they were amazing) Black Forest cookies.
We didn't quite manage to clear everything so one more session before year end is in order - keep your eyes open on the website for that one.
Thanks to all and see you at the next one :0)
Tuesday 12th November
Written by Yianny (he / him)
Last night we headed back down to Thorlands Gardens to meet Simon and carry on the mammoth task of taking the work forward there.
We had a smaller group with AA Yianny meeting Ben and Tilly at Papa's and Michael making his was directly to the task. After a very pleasant conversation espousing the wonderful decade that was the 80s we set off on the 2ish km run down to Thorlands.
Simon was running a bit late so we didn't have long but with the 20 minute window available we headed over to the community garden grabbing a wheelbarrow full of tools, a few large cardboard boxes and we were ready to shovel the clay and woodchip mix onto the cardboard beds.
We split up the boxes, laid them as Simon directed then covered them over so that the foxes couldn't see the edges and destroy them and tidied some of the rubbish that we found.
Big thanks to all for the work and the great conversation and see you all next time! :0)
Tuesday 5th November
Written by Yianny (he / him)
Last night we had a bumper group of GoodGymers (perhaps enticed out by the promise of baking?) and we were heading over to Jubilee Primary School to clear their planting garden.
First up let's welcome two new and new-ish GGers to the Lambeth group - Laura and Rose it was lovely to have you with us - and a warm welcome back to Paul who had been away for a while but brought Laura and Rose with him!
We also had Claire (?!)... sorry Charlotte back with us after a while out with injury and travels and to top off the returnees Task Force hero Nathan was back as well, welcome back guys.
Our team was rounded out by Ben fresh off his Community Mission heroics on Sunday, Michael and of course Fi who was down to bake this evening after her baker left Bake off - baking hell that's awesome!
It's a flat and fast run to JPS and we made great time so had plenty to get through all the weeding and leaf clearance in preparation for the planting garden to be used by the children to develop their green fingers.
By 8pm we had gathered 8 black bags full of garden waste and litter and deposited them into the bins (see before and after pic). Nice work team.
Then came the big moment, time to try Fi's brownies and I can report that they didn't disappoint, they were delicious!
Big thanks to everyone and see you all next time :0)
Tuesday 29th October
Written by Yianny (he / him)
We had so much going last night so let's get straight into it!
First up the new GGers - we were delighted to be joined by Ellie and Gabriella for their first ever session - great to have you with us guys.
Next we were celebrating bringing up Tilly's ton - her 100th Good Deed - what a fantastic achievement Tilly, well done. To cap it off Tilly also baked delicious blondies for the group!
Then we were also supporting the #Let'sLiftTheCurfew campaign from This Girl Can. GoodGym is proud to offer a safe and welcoming space for women to run during the darker months and last night we spoke about this before the session headed out. For more information on the campaign check out the Sport England website.
And so with Ben working his way through to his next milestone, Run Leader Lucy back with us in Lambeth after a while and legend Michael we set of to meet Mohah, Marie-Noelle and Paul down at Swan Mews.
Our job was simple but fun - shift tonnes (running theme tonight) of compost from the bags to the planters so that the patients of the surgery can use them to plant and garden to support their mental and physical wellbeing.
By the end of the session we had moved at least two and a half bags so 2500kgs of compost which is not to be sniffed at (seriously I wouldn't) and then everyone was ready to wash up and head back towards base at Papa's. Those of a younger disposition then branched off and headed to the pub to toast Tilly's achievement and polish off the blondies.
Huge thanks to all and see you next time :0)
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