On Wednesdays we wear red… ok I'll stop.

On Wednesday, we were so happy to welcome experienced goodgymmer Abi to the Elephant & Castle gang as we headed down to the amazing Nursery Row Park, our second visit as it was the site of our E&C launch just a couple of months ago.

We were digging! It was excellent. The task at hand was to define the line between the flowerbed and the park's grass. Well, the actual task was to define a straight line between the flowerbed and the park's grass and after a few more interpretive attempts, and some very kind and gentle feedback from Luke of the Friends of Nursery Row, we finessed our approach and more or less achieved it! Nothing like a perfect (!) version three.

Don't look too closely at the pictures.

We certainly made quick progress, enjoying the last of the daylight and the first of the year's headtorchlight, after which we took a nice jog back to base at the Castle.

Can't wait for next week - heading back to another brilliant task, helping the team set up the food bank at Draper Hall. Let's go!

We've launched! It's happened!

On Wednesday 22 Elephant & Castle GoodGymmers headed down to Nursery Row Park to help the Friends of the Park with upkeep of the community space.

We raked leaves galore, giving the grass underneath a much needed chance to grow; a team of the most green-fingered (i.e. the people who had brought gloves) turned over the local primary school's gardening patch, leaving it ready for planting, and an intrepid crew ventured into the orchard to do some advanced litter picking...

We jogged back to our meeting point at the Castle Centre, and after a gentle cool down stretch, a few of us headed to Four Quarters to toast a succesful inaugural GoodGym Elephant & Castle.