You know that it would be untrue,
You know that I would be a liar,
If I was to say to you,
GoodGym never plays with fire

Come on, baby, light my fire,
Come on, baby, light my fire,
Try to set that shed on fire

The time to hesitate was through,
No time to wallow in the mire,
The second shed we had to lose,
To get the flames even higher

Come on, baby, light my fire,
Come on, baby, light my fire,
Try to set that shed on fire

David, Stef and Laura were joined by several of new local residents to help with the upkeep of Holgate Community Garden. It was great to see some new local residents getting involved and there were some great ideas for improving the garden discussed. David and Stef moved and rehomed a compost bin and compost which had been put on a flower bed and the weeded along the bed. Laura weeded the long bed and set people off with planting broad beans and radishes in the raised beds. It looked a lot better by the time we finished.

Goodgymers delivered Move the Masses Supported Walkers Newsletters to home addresses all over the city. Vicky kindly addressed and grouped the newsletters making it easy work to divide them up and get them delivered.

A dynamic duo of Goodgymmers returned to Acomb to help with the clothes swap. Despite Jo demoting me to teaboy last night, there was no tea making required as York Neighbours had taken over the café to sell cakes and promote the awesome work they do. That meant it was a full 90 mins on the shop floor for me and Mikael.

With a steady stream of people through the doors, there was a lot of clothes to put out but the clothes swap is a well oiled machine so everything went smoothly.

Goodgym supported Tristram who was run director at the new York Community Woodlands Parkrun this week. The new parkrun has been a big success with runners but is still building up a team of regular volunteers. Michael and James did the carpark and road marshalling at the start, Barbara marshalled in the middle of the course, Pete did the timekeeping and Laura and David funnel managed. Luckily the numbers weren't too high this week. Well done to Tristram as run director.

Three of us descended on the hall on Friday evening to help the team prep for the next clothes swap. When we got to the hall, the first thing we had to do was to set up the tables. Not a difficult task. With a firm grip of the legs and a little tug, we soon got each one erect and into position.

The clothes swap keep all their stock under the stage, so we took full advantage of the opportunity to go down. It was a delicate but rewarding task and some the more experienced volunteers helped us with our technique. The aim was to get the rails out without any clothes falling off. We tried reaching around and few different positions, and eventually found one that worked for everyone involved. Before long, all the rails were out and standing to attention, which meant we could go back on top to finish the job.

We had to make sure the clothes on the rails were nicely spread, so nothing was left to the imagination. Clothes were put on and taken off, some outfits just didn't want to stay on at all. Eventually, after a bit more fluffing, each rail was was looking good for the morning.

The final task meant using a long pole to hang a few choice outfits in the windows. This was a happy ending to the mission as it was something we'd done regularly as previous clothes swaps.

With the regular volunteers satisfied, we headed to the pub. Leanne sampled a taste of Paradise and I taught the barmaid how to get the right amount of head when pouring Guinness zero from a can.