18 young people including some first timers & 13 volunteers attending on a muggy morning after rain overnight which helped to soften the ground.

446 people including many tourist and 6 very first timers made their way around Catton Park. we had rain this week which made the course glorious under foot for running/walking/jogging 5k . it was warm & sunny but dark clouds were gathering, but no rain came until verything had been cleared away, hurrah!

16 Goodgymers attended our Monday session to support our local warden Will, to care for Mousehold Heath, an important local habitat.

Will explained to the group the extent of a recent wild fire and all they were doing to reduce local fire risks.

We split into a 3 groups; one moving a drying pile of old bracken, one group bracken pulling, and one removing pockets of gorse and stumps to support fire engine access routes.

A very warm welcome to Eve and well done for joining your first GoodGym session.

First to arrive at the allotment was Andrew shortly followed by Jonathan and Sarah. Whilst they waited for Jack, they helped open the very heavy skip roof followed by the exciting news that there was food and biscuits to reward them after their mission was completed.

Moving down to the allotment, the task was to clear as much large plastic and general waste as possible from two adjacent allotments to the skip ready for new tenants to arrive. Items included broken plastic tables, pots and many plastic wrappers and broken wood.

As the task got away, Jack arrived to give a much wanted helping hand just as the sun shone at its brightest. The heat made for hard work and before we knew it, time was up and a busy and productive day.

384 people ran/walked/jogged on a lovely cool morning after rain overnight. I even saw a puddle! As todays date was 22 August, it was our favourite TU TU day so there was a variety on show! Roisin was out on the course, Susanna was giving out tokens, Frankie number checker for the first time, me barcode scanner. plenty of Goodgymers running today

20 hardy you g prople on a 2k walk/run/jog around the park on a very warm morning after a little rain