Second Monday of the month means GoodGym Richmond Signature task! Starting at the Tap Tavern and giving a very warm welcome to Sam and Kayley joining for the first time, we had a proper warm-up, preparing for this month's fitness session.

Following a run along the river (accompanied by a ridiculous number of gnats!) the group got into some squats, jumps, lunges, pike reach throughs and flutter kicks before getting stuck into the tasks.

Between us we managed to turn the compost, sweep the arcade, dust cobwebs, water the Three Pigeons plot, cut back the pampas, pull out a lot of the riverside weeds, dead head and rake up! There is always more to do at such a lovely spot, and we had some very welcome thanks from passers-by too 😍

The evening finished with drinks and a chat at the White Cross, what a way to start the week!

On a gorgeous sunny Bank Holiday Saturday five GGer's attended our monthly visit to the Three Ps .
We welcomed first timer Manuela for her first ever Good Gym task, while Rory came back for his second having impressively completed his first ever Richmond park run. After Jp had welcomed everyone, we set up about weeding and general tidy up of the Three Ps plot, Jenna successfully helped with weeding it easy. Overall a job well done and we certainly weed better together!

April's Monday trip to our sponsored riverside plot and there is always a lot to do in spring. Following a fitness session and a big congratulations to Susannah for reaching 200 tasks (clapped on by thousands of gnats swarming around the river!), we tackled the following jobs:

🌷 Dead-heading the tulips 🌿 Raking the cut grass from Buccleuch Gardens to leave the lawn looking great and the previous patches growing well where we put new seed down last year 🪑 Weeding and clearing around the benches 🍃 Weeding the Three Pigeons plot and sweeping up all of the sides

We can already see lots of jobs to do next month, join us on the first Saturday and/or the second Monday too to get involved!

Our April Saturday trip to our sponsored riverside plot at Buccleuch Gardens, led by Susannah. This time the area was really showing the joys of spring with everything in abundance, including a variety of weeds! Lots to do for our group of happy chatty GoodGymmers for the long Easter bank holiday weekend, including first timers Rory and Jenna, welcome!

Leaves were removed from the lawn, beds were weeded, saplings pulled and the beautiful tulips were given space to breathe, an excellent impact all before midday on a Saturday! 🐣🐰

Four of us returned to the 3P’s on a misty evening down by the riverside. Monika and Nina started by weeding the lawn to help tidy up the area, and Chris did a great job removing moss from the path.

We also spent time at our 3P plot doing some additional tidying and sweeping up the leaves.

It was a great effort from everyone involved—thank you all for the hard work. We’re already looking forward to returning next month!

Three of us spent Saturday morning at the Three Pigeons Plot (3P’s) to give the area a bit of a tidy up.

There was plenty of weeding to keep us busy, some moss clearing, and Chris also did some litter picking to help keep the plot looking its best.

One of the nicest parts of the morning was how many people stopped by to chat. Several passers-by commented on how much they enjoy seeing the colourful plants in the plot and how lovely it looks.

Even after our efforts, there are still a number of tasks waiting for us for our next visit on Monday evening.