Three GoodGymers headed out from Stepney Bank Stables armed with lots of leaflets from Shieldfield Art Works. There were a pair of leaflets, both of them to be placed in each letterbox.

Shieldfield is not the simplest area of Newcastle in which to deliver leaflets. There are inaccessible blocks of flats, some unusual and inconsistent street layouts and some houses with very long garden paths. Despite the challenges, we made good progress as the evening went on, making a big dent in the two piles of leaflets.

There are a lot more leaflets that still need delivering, so please look out for some community missions the rest of this week. We'll be back next Monday to finish the job.

After last night’s group run when we realised we had about 5,000 leaflets to deliver (not kidding!) I thought I would get out and deliver a few more today! Shieldfield Art Works has helped the Shieldfield community in Newcastle create a collection of songs and music videos to capture the sights, sounds and stories of Shieldfield. Now it’s time to share! Look out for more missions this week - still about 3,000 leaflets to go!

A crisp autumn morning in Mowbray Park for the junior parkrun. A lovely burst of exercise as tail walker (or sprinter!) on the last day of my 30s!

The autumnal colours are still beautiful and the trees in Saltwell Park were the perfect backdrop for junior parkrun. 92 children ran, walked, skipped and high-fived their way around the course and it was my pleasure from my place in the trees to cheer them all twice as they completed two laps of the course!

On an sunny autumnal morning two goodgymers helped Newcastle council in iris brickfield park.

Our task was simple to cut down all the little self seeded ash trees around the big ash trees. This will help the big Ash trees with nutrients and also help with visibility in the the park.

We made good progress but I totally forgot to take an after picture. If you are interested look out for the next session in the parks in three weeks time.

There was lots going on at GoodGym Newcastle tonight. Former Area Activator Anji made a special guest appearance, only her third time returning since having screws inserted in her wrist after an accident. Possibly not ideal to be scraping paint off walls, but Anji scraped as much off as anyone else. Welcome back!

We also welcomed first time GoodGymer and student Muhannad. Not all of our tasks are quite so dusty. We hope to you again soon!

We also had a belated celebration of Aimee's 400th good deed, which involved meeting and stroking Ginny the horse. 400 good deeds is an awful lot of volunteering, with a lot of good done for the local community.

Before all of this, we went for a short run to show our support for This Girl Can's Let's Lift the Curfew campaign. Let's make sure that Newcastle is a safe place for women and girls to exercise outdoors all year round.

Next up for GoodGym Newcastle is a gardening task with Newcastle Parks on Saturday in Iris Brickfield Park. Please come and join us if you can!