Jonathan, Woody and me had a great time in Mr M's garden. It was so satisfying to chop down huge brambles and lots of bindweed.

We all got away with just a few scratches from the brambles, although Woody scared us at one point by saying there was blood on his rake! Luckily we realised it was most likely a squashed blackberry; Jonathan couldn't resist trying them - they were delicious, apparently!

We made huge progress. It was almost impossible for three of us to stand outside Mr M's back door when we arrived, but now you can really see the space available in the garden. Our target was to get to the shed by the time we had to leave, but we far surpassed that!

We would love to go back to help Mr M again. He was very grateful to us and is hoping he will be able to get out to his garden soon.

2 goodgymers ran (and cycled) to the mission location on a very sunny day to help remove and separate bin bags of rubbish to the outside bins three floors down due to the resident having mobility issues. At first they could not locate where to go, and knocked on the wrong house but after a quick phone call to the resident, who spotted them and waved, they soon knew where to go.

Whilst one goodgymer took the items to the bins to separate, the other held the main building door open to prevent the door slamming shut and locking them out; this was so that the large carrier bags could be returned to the resident to be reused.

With this mission complete, and another on the horizon within the next hour, the two goodgymers parted ways to head to the next mission.

I knocked on the door and a nurse answered who was tending to Ms C. The rubbish bag was already outsite so I put it in the bin which was about 5 metres away.

On a sunny evening GoodGymer Jen ran across the city of Norwich to meet Mrs J to carry on with the task of labelling her extensive audio CD collection with braille labels. This week was focussed on attaching labels she has prepared from the list generated after a visit by another GoodGym member the week before. Some labels had peeled off previously labelled CDs so they were also reapplied. Fun was had trying to match parts of labels from the extensive CD options to scan through on the shelves. As ever a great chat was also had whilst completing the labelling.

Tonight 13 GoodGymer's ran or cycled 6km to Eaton Park in the sunshine.

At the task we met Helen and Linda from the Friends of Eaton Park, who gave out tools to help tidy up the pétanque pitch.

We used trowels and delicate fingers to pull up any weeds, being careful not to tear or pierce the underlying mesh lining. After filling a wheelborrow full of weeds, we used rakes and brushes to level out the gravel.

High Five's to Tom who joined us on his first Good Deed!

After a swift 30mins the pitch was looking in a much better shape. Helen thanked us for our efforts and told us about many exciting events taking place in the park over the summer, such as bands playing, wildlife talks and late licence opening hours of the cafe! Take a look on their website & socials for more info!

It all went a bit wrong this morning. My plan was to run to Mrs C after dropping off a parcel at my local shop but they were full so I had to run with a parcel in my hands, looking for another place to drop off.

When I did drop it off, I was so worried about being late to Mrs C that I was thinking about that rather than the route I was running, and I ended up running along the wrong side of the river, which meant I was actually running in the wrong direction for about 5 minutes to correct myself. Then, I had to run up Grapes Hill... And anyone from GoodGym Norwich knows how bad that is!

Luckily, I still got to Mrs C on time and I collected her rubbish for her and popped it in the dustbin. While it seems like such a small task, this really helped Mrs C as she didn't have to worry about going outside herself and didn't have rubbish in the way in her home.

I'm super grateful to Mrs C, as without her I probably wouldn't have gone for a run, or at least would have cut it short when I realised I couldn't drop off my parcel. This is what GoodGym is all about!

A photograph of a rubbish bag didn't seem that fun, so I took a photo of the bandstand in Chapelfield Gardens on my walk home :)