Five Goodgymers met to tackle the jungle of Escrick station in an attempt to make it usable once again as a picnic site. After hearing a bit about the history of the site - originally a station on the London line constructed for the exclusive use of the local landowner - and the long struggle to incorporate it once again into the Solar System cycle path, we got to work hacking back the brambles, getting a fair few scratches on the way. We haven't quite managed to restore it yet to its former glory, but if you are passing and in need of somewhere to perch while eating a sandwich, it'll do the trick.

Three regulars GG volunteers at the clothes swap this month helped ensure another successful event with clothes sorted and hung, drinks served and everything out away in record time at the end.

Post-swap we had lunch with the rest of the team and enjoyed an afternoon of spa treatments that left us looking radiant. I've never left a GoodGym task smelling better 😁

Just the two of us tonight for this one but it was quality not quantity for Leanne's last GG task before she jets if to Africa to climb a big rock.

We made light work of the task and left the place with everything ready for the morning.

A terriffic trio (who had hot-footed it from an earlier mission) met once again at Lincoln Court to remove the thistles and other weeds from one of the garden areas. Bill, one of the residents, met us and provided access to the toolshed and we soon got to work. The raised bed was cleared and the surrounding area weeded, but there is still a lot of work to do. Bill told us that he and some of the other residents have great plans for this area so we may be needed back again soon.

We met some of the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust staff at their gazebo set up in Foxwood for their community engagement day. This involved the supply of several skips (for residents' rubbish) which had been delivered earlier that morning, but we soon discovered that they had all been completely filled by the time we got there! I paired up with one member of staff to the furthest skip (still just around the corner) to survey the "delights" that had been left - including several bikes, a bathtub and mattress, most of which were not allowed in the skip so had to be removed (and later collected in a JRHT van). I did manage to prevent another mattress being put on top of the skip by a local resident (which are not allowed as these incur a cost a the tip) before doing a litter pick of the area. Claire, Leanne and Hannah were also litter picking and between us we collected several bags of rubbish before our hour was up.

at PF yesterday unusually there were seven 🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭 seven 🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺seven 🥣🥣🥣🥣🥣🥣🥣 a final conflict between the beast & Babylon ensued resulting in all the tables & chairs being returned to thine storage kingdoms & all 3 Goodgymers went away happy