Cancelled task

On Monday evening Liz welcomed us all to Goodgym Brent, and it was great to have her back with us again. Liz led Samina, Tabitha and Pete through a warm up to get us all ready for the run, then we set off for the short sprint to Brondesbury Park Station .

Energy Garden supports communities to install and maintain gardens on railway stations across London, and they had requested the help of Goodgym to help water the plants. When we arrived at the station we met Amy who we were very happy to see. We had received instructions of what to do so managed the first task of letting ourselves in to the garden where there were a number of watering cans waiting for us. We used these to water the vegetables in the gardens, while trying to guess what was what... squash, runner beans, kale, chilli, something green looking...

We were shortly joined by Energy Garden's regular volunteer Beatrice who showed us how to connect a hose to the water Butts, as well as fill the watering cans directly from the Butts. (I am sure there are lots of puns about Water Butts, but I will avoid those).

Our final Goodgymer Becka arrived shortly after and quickly learnt the ropes. The team then shared the jobs with filling and re filling watering cans to ensure the whole garden was well watered. The garden runs along the full length of the platform, and the vegetables, flowers and fruit trees all welcomed the water. Unfortunately, the full Energy garden had not survived the earlier summer heat wave as the Butts had not collected enough water to keep the garden on the opposite platform alive. They are hoping it will revive shortly, now the weather has cooled and the rain is returning.

Once the ground was suitably wet we regrouped for a team photo then ran back to Willesden for a cool down, and then a drink and some celebratory cake!

Unfortunately, the task was canceled at very late notice. However, the team put the time to good use with a fitness session.

The evening began with some warm-up exercises. The team then sprinted to the park. At the park, the HIIT session began. 5 exercises, 3 rounds: - Knee to elbow hops - Russian doll - Squat punches - High-low plank - Skaters This was followed by a short run around the park and then a run back to base for some cool down stretches.

At the cafe, we celebrated Pete's belated birthday with lots of cake. Happy Birthday Pete!

Helen, Samina and Liz began the evening with a short warm-up, followed by a run. There was no track to follow, so the pavement had to suffice. However, they were on track to begin the task at Brondesbury energy garden on time!

We were joined by Karen and Pete and we were greeted by Naomi, who explained the task for the evening. Working alongside the railway tracks, we were training our arm muscles. The task was to dig the brambles and their roots out of the ground. The roots were deep and entwined, so it required a lot of energy to get the garden on track.

We finished the evening with a short run and some cool down stretches before heading to the pub to discuss the pun!

Another mission watering the gardens at Brondesbury Park station, made more special by it being one of our group's very first experiences of GoodGym! The functioning hose on one side of the platform made short work of that garden, after which the other side was finished off with watering cans. There's a wonderful variety of plants growing here from rhubarb and corn to hops and New Zealand flax*.

• We think it's flax, but even if it's not, we've decided it is for the sake of the title!

very well 4 of us did the watering , I was a bit late, me Lee Claudia and Giuliano. We used watering cans and watered up and down on a lovely late autumn evening