This week group run saw a fab team of four runners heading out to the 61 Football Club where a deep clean of the changing rooms awaited us.

It's been a muddy few weekends out on the pitch recently so the changing rooms had got in quite a state. We set about giving the away side's room a good scrub down, getting the streaks of mud off the walls and floors. We also gave the shower a deep scrub and all the floors a good mopping.

Cliff issued us with cups of strong squash and cookies to fuel our return journey back into town!

There were just two GoodGYmers who turned out on a dreary night to support FoodCycle this evening. Although there was areduced team Martin and Gill work tirelessly to help create a sumptuosnhot meal for the guests. There was a lot of chopping to be done to create the filling for stuffed peppers. And then the tasks changed for Martin, to help creating the stir fry for the main course, while Gill wrote up the menus board and helped set out some of the surplus food ready to go in goody bags for our guests. WE also helped to serve the food as there were only a few people on the hosting team today. Despite waking our socks off, we managed to have a good catch up with the rest of the kitchen team and make sure a newcomer was made to feel welcome.

Eight Goodgymers helped the Wigmore community begin their Christmas celebrations. They wrapped presents, hosted with food and drinks to tables helped with the washing up, clearing up and joined in with the fun and dancing.

The destination for this week's group run was the Shri Guru Ravidass Gurdwara, only a few hundred metres from our start point, so we took the runners on a small loop out to Brantwood park for a quick lap of the park to add some distance before returning to the Gurdwara.

On arrival, we split up to tackle a deep clean of the common areas of the temple and the kitchen. With about 40 minutes of scrubbing, mopping, wiping and vaccuming we put the freshness back to the prayer room, the dining hall and the kitchen.

Heading back out into the night after a task well done, we squeezed in another short run through the town centre to enjoy the Christmas lights and festive atmosphere before heading home.

Tonight's task was obviously very appealing as we had a great team at the Chaul End Community Centre, all set to do battle with 4 sacks of potatoes, 10 bags of carrots, 5 bags of parsnips, and a mountain of sprouts. With vegetable peelers and paring knives in hand, we set about peeling just about everything i sight, and with such a big team it didn't take us too long before everything was peeled, carrots were chopped, potatoes cut up for roasting and the parsnips and sprouts put ready for cooking. Tomorrow the veg will be cooked up for a Christmas meal for around 100 senior citizens. We really hope they enjoy their meal, they certainly won't be going hungry.

Everyone enjoyed themselves at the annual Christmas party. There was a Christmas jumper competition, lots of food, dancing, presents and cheer. Hooray for singing cafe!