... perhaps by joining Goodgym? Two of us went along to help out at Tang Hall Library this month, getting the books out ready for the half-term holiday. We were delighted to discover a book entitled "How to do good", although neither of us bought it - since we already have the answer!

No task forcer was available today but this didn't stop three dedicated goodgymmers from helping with the planet food tidy up. Thank you!

We enjoyed a special (slightly early) Halloween edition of our regular games night at Hartrigg Oaks, with a tiny pumpkin to roll through the giant marble run, and a spooky target game created by Amy. It was a close battle, but Team Witches' Brew managed to prevail over Team Scary. Happy Halloween all!

Huw and I welcomed Liam to his very first Goodgym task. We, in turn, were given a warm welcome by the staff. With 3 of us it really didn't take long to get the tables up and chairs out. As the staff are unable to set up the event for themselves, they were very grateful for our help. This Age UK day club has a 'Huw -ge', positive impact to those who come along. As this photo shows, I realised I was in the company of true giants! Thank you Huw and Liam!

Tonight was all about the amazing exploits of all our runners at the Yorkshire Marathon and 10 Miler on Sunday. Well done to everyone who took part either by running or supporting at the water station. An extra shout out to Carys, Sanjay and Lucy who had all run the 10 miler and made it along to tonight's session, and very special mention for Michael and David who had both completed the marathon and still felt like they couldn't possibly miss an epic GG session!

We were back off to Heworth Holme, a site of an awful lot of previous GoodGym group runs, however tonight was nothing to do with laying the path through the middle and instead was all about raking up an awful lot of cuttings from a grassy area. We met Maria from St Nicks at the task who gave a brief overview to the team who soon got to work. There was a mix of rakers, pirchforkers and draggers as the GG crew got stuck in and shifted an awful lot of the grass cuttings in no time at all and with remarkably few complaints from those who may have been carrying tired legs from the weekend!

After a good 45mins of some serious raking we stopped for a team photo around our marathon heroes before a quick fitness session which put them in the middle of our group and relied on them to guess who was leading the choreographing of the exercises. David picked out Paul Kelly in absolutely no time at all, whereas Michael probably could still be guessing now and would have no idea that Nikki was in charge of the exercises when he was in the middle! To be fair Michael took his punishment of a single star jump remarkably well.

It was then back to base with Ed leading the run and Neil backmarking, and with the slightly longer distance than usual we were very grateful for some of Jenna's delicious apple and cinnamon cake when we returned!

David and Paul helped promote Chase the Pud by handing out flyers at York Parkrun.