I made a long awaited return to GoodGym duties along with Susan, Martin and Carmit who was participating in her debut GG task ✨️ - welcome Cami.

We were due to be washing the minibus at Parkview Care Home 🧽💦🪣. However, the evening became somewhat confused when, arriving at the care home, no minibus was in view 🤔.

With the absence of sponges and minibus, the task was aborted. We were offered weeding 🌿, but given the excellent work undertaken by GG Bexley on previous visits, there was a lack of weeds.

So, it was suggested to come indoors and engage with the residents in some games and quizzes.

Susan and Martin played pairs with a number of residents, to match pictures of well-known celebrities such as Morcombe and Wise; Johnny and Sarah were missing from this list.

Cami run a quiz session involving capital cities, while I had a challenge from Catherine, the resident Scrabble champion. A very competitive 40 minutes were spent with Catherine coming out on top.

An enjoyable evening for all concerned and we'll be back to share other activities!

It was a hot run 🥵 from the Crook Log Leisure Centre tonight, but we arrived to cups of water awaiting us with team member Amanda! We also had the pleasure of meeting the resident ginger cat relaxing in the cool office!

We decided to help in the courtyard garden area by weeding the raised flowerbed, sweeping the paths and watering the plants and lawn 💦.

Resident Joe joined us in cutting back the mint 🍃 and Pamela with cutting the lavender to make fragrant bouquets.

Time went so quickly and the heat subsided into a lovely evening.

We are already looking forward to our next visit!

Just two of us at Parkview Care Home task this evening but we had a lovely time chatting with some of the residents, and staff members Annette and Andy.

• Favourite foods - Devon pasties, steamed puddings, spaghetti🍝 , steak, and definitely not charred bbq offerings.
• Custard or ice cream?
• Hobbies - knitting soft toys and jumpers, tap dancing.
• Childhood and family pets - cats 🐈, dogs 🐕, a goldfish 🐟 and even a parrot 🦜.
• Favourite holiday destinations - Cornwall a firm favourite.
• Sports played at school -netball 🏀 and rounders ⚾️.
• Footie teams - Manchester United, Chelsea.

And we met the care home cat, Ginger, who seems to have a very comfortable life!

Next month we'll be washing the minibus and planting flowers, so come along and join us.

What a fabulous evening we had at the Parkview Care Home! After running 2km from the Sports Centre and with Martin on his bike, we met up with Sarah & Johnny already there.

Amy took us through to the inner garden area where there was plenty of patio furniture that needed our attention after being stacked up over the winter.

Johnny and Lisa placed an old bench in the skip after braking it up with a sledge hammer 🔨! Certainly made them feel better afterwards!

Two of the residents joined in with sweeping the area 🧹 which helped us and we were finished in no time!

Looking forward to going back soon!

Tonight we helped with sanding down two garden benches at the Parkview Care Home. One group ran from the Crook Log sports centre and the other group met there. We received a warm welcome from Andy and Annette who provided refreshments upon arrival. We soon got on with the job of sanding down the benches ready for the residents to paint them. Andy wanted to know more about Goodgym and said he was impressed with what we do! Luke was photographer this evening and done an excellent job! We are looking forward to going back soon!

Bexley News...

• We have the chance for a double good deed on Saturday.
• Sign up to help volunteer at Bexley parkrun before heading up to help at The Old English Gardens

Tonight the hardcore GoodGym Bexley team met at Crook Log. Ciara might have been kicking off outside, but that didn't put off the 7 runners who were still up for some good deed action!

Unfortunately , the prospect of a nice warm, indoor task at the care home was abandoned as it was canceled last minute.

Luckily, we had some leaflets that the Greenwich and Bexley Hospice wanted us to distribute. They want to spread the word of the community lottery.

We split into 2 teams.

The Runners

and

The Walkers

The running group headed out on an out and back, aiming to meet the walkers on their way back.

The walking group started on the leaflet drop straight away.

We managed to keep hold of most of the leaflets, without any blowing away. After no time, we were out of leaflets.

We headed back to Crook Log and discussed the upcoming tasks.

Well done tonight!!! I hope everyone has thawed out 🥶

Until next time,

Happy Running!!!

Sarah 🏃🏻‍♀️