After the setting up task, me and Leanne headed to parkrun to celebrate Bab's 250th parkrun (and get a slice of the chocolate brownie she had baked). Pete was also at parkrun and blitzed it before cycling to the task.

A bumper turnout of six awesome goodgymers made for an unusually relaxing clothes swap. Lots of fun was had and Leonie got her second task in 😁

An early start after this task moved from Friday nights to Saturday mornings but the same military precision from the crack GG crew.

Great to see Issy who managed to squeeze this one in before her hockey match.

I arrived just about on time (!) to find that our expert team of book sorters had already made a great start with setting up the Tang Hall Library book sale. Cecile took advantage of a secret past in the book trade to bring order to the table - great to have you at Goodgym for the first time! It was also the first book sorting task for Becky, so with Rebecca the four of us had everything set up in no time at all, ready for the library to raise more valuable funds.

An invite from Middlethorpe Hall led to 8 GoodGymers standing on the driveway waiting to cheer Kevin Sinfeld as he ran past on his way to Bishopthorpe Palace. With GoodGym banner aloft we cheered with gusto as Kevin and his entourage passed by. He waved and gave us a thumbs up as he passed so we then dispersed but still in awe of just what Kevin has and is achieving. (More pics to follow)

The usual terrific trio met, set out the tables and chairs and left (after a quick sit down for a photo)!

On a crisp autumnal Saturday morning 12 spritely Goodgymers assembled at Middlethorpe Hall a beautiful National Trust historic hotel. The first few to arrive quickly spotted a bountiful breakfast spread of juice, hot beverages, pastries and bacon or egg butties, incredulously they were all for us! But as Goodgymer Lionel was our task contact we shouldn’t have been surprised at such generous hospitality! But enough about the breakfast (which was delicious if you succeeded in getting it into your mouth - case in point Katie).

Our task was to refresh the sunken fence paintwork (not a ha-ha to be exact). And as we had generously been provided with new metal bristle brush scrapers and paint brushes, we got to work. It was decided to concentrate on the first half of the long sunken fence to make sure both prep and paint could be finished but as our busy team of 12 cracked on we were able to extend our progress even more, powered by good company and a brilliant buffet.

By the time 12 rolled around we had managed to complete the sections we set out to refresh much to a delighted Lionel. After doing such a good job we’ve been invited back on the 17th of October, so sign up now as it’s sure to be another great GG task.