Tracey, Anna, and I met outside the property for a quick chat before being ushered inside to tackle a wobbly double bed. The three of us made short work of the heavy lifting by channelling our inner Friends and pivoting away, proving that teamwork really does make the dream work!

I walked the hour and a half to Vauxhall Community Garden on 1 July to help the amazing volunteers there with sorting the food deliveries that came in that morning, preparing to be distributing to local people in need this Friday.

I was impressed with the quality of food to be given out, with top quality ready meals, and plenty of fresh veg.

Mission accomplished - shelves sorted, supplies organised, and another small but meaningful contribution to the local community.

Big squad energy at GoodGym Lambeth this evening 💪🏼 — bumper turnout, loads of new faces, and our regular crew bringing the vibes as always: Katie, Ben, Jo, Marie-Noelle, Dan and AA Yianny holding it down. 🍾

And the warm welcomes don’t stop there! A massive GG hello to newbies Romi, Ark and Zain 🥳 — you survived your first session, you’re basically family now! And a special shoutout to Libby, who came back for another GG fix 😊 — once is a taste, twice is a habit, you’re one of us now!

Tonight’s mission: Windmill Gardens, helping the brilliant Jean and Annick tackle a jungle situation. The plastic fencing was holding back a weed invasion that had basically adopted the new whips as roommates 🏠🌿, so out came the fence, out came the weeds, and back up went the fence — teamwork makes the fence work! 🔧 There was litter picking, Ark got hands-on with watering duty 💦, and a serious amount of compost-worthy greenery got sent off to start its next life. ♻️

Bonus plot twist: Jean let slip there’s a spot of Shakespeare in the park next Friday 🎭 — not an official GG outing, but “to GG or not to GG” might just be the wrong question when there’s culture on offer. 😱🤩

Brilliant effort all round, Windmill Gardens — see you next time! 🏃‍♀️❤️

Brenda and Susan joined the team at VGCC to serve up fresh fruit, veg and tins, keeping things cool as cucumbets and fresh as a daisy in the summer sizzle.

All went well, the food is ready for Friday

Despite the weather doing its best impression of a furnace, an awesome crew turned up undeterred this evening: Dan (more on him in a moment), Tilly, Katie, Fi, Libby and AA Yianny 💪🏼🍾.

Huge welcome to Libby, who heard about GoodGym just ONE HOUR before at work and decided "yep, sounds like a great way to spend a sweltering Tuesday evening" — first session smashed, no regrets (we hope) 🎉. And a massive shoutout to Dan, who hit his big 5-0... tasks that is, not earth years, so still very much in his prime 😊🥳.

Tonight's mission: helping Alex and the residents of Huggins Corner Park get on top of their stone paths. We spread stones, cleared the excess, and shipped the surplus off on a road trip to the community planting garden and Palace Road nature garden — basically a stone relocation service, minus the removal van 🪨🚚.

It was hot, it was heavy, and frankly our biceps have never been more "gneiss" 😅. Rock-solid effort all round 😱🤩❤️ — see you at the next one!