What a glorious evening in both weather and satisfaction. At one point today I wondered if I might be solo on this session tonight and was ready to face it with my headphones and a podcast locked and loaded. But, happily, that was not to be as I was joined by Lucy, Louise and Beth.

Our Stepney Bank Stables tasks are never predictable (we rarely do the same thing twice!) and tonight was another new one as we had a satisfying upper body workout disguised as weeding and sweeping set up for us.

The ramp that runs at the side of the car park where the horses are taken in and out of the lower stables was the target tonight and the four of us got stuck in. I hope you can see from the before and after shots how different it looked! Louise and I swept (Dan- hurry back, your Mum has stolen your wheelbarrow duties!) while Beth and Lucy were weeding.

"This never gets done! It looks really good," commented one of the children passing by.

Lots of good chat tonight meant the time flew discussing everything from University Challenge to alcohol free cider. A brilliant way to spend a bank holiday evening.

There is a community mission this Wednesday, leafleting in Heaton. Come along if you can.

The title of the report is reference to the Eagles mascot Swoop who we will meet one day, as well as us all swooping into action.

It was so light this evening, with a little breeze.

Expect to see wildflowers shooting up over the hill, as wild flowers will be planted in the next coming weeks.

It was my first time at the Newcastle Eagles new venue (well not so new now).

Our task this evening was to do some weeding in one of the flower beds. Trying to decide what to keep and what to remove was the trickiest part.

It was good to get stuck in and try and focus directly on the task of weeding and not trying to listen to the internal critic.

The time went so quickly and in the blink of an eye it was time to put our tools away.

There is lots going on at the arena, including weekly volleyball sessions and of course lots of basketball sessions.

If you know of anybody who might be interested in Goodgym please let them know about it all. All are welcome.

Next session is a community mission on Saturday 27th May meeting at 10:30 at the greening Wingrove Bike Garden in Nuns Moor Park.

Next group run is on Monday 29th May (bank holiday Monday) meeting at 18:15 at Stepney Bank Stables.

Hello Monday and hello summer nights!

It was so lovely to meet up on a warm and sunny evening albeit in a small group this evening, I’m guessing due to there being a very important football match taking place at the same time up the road! We had a catch up then headed to the Cycle Hub to meet up with Anthony who was running late. We talked about how good it was to have runners, walkers and cyclists along for the session for the first time in a while. Conversation then turned to swimming and whether or not swimming along from Ouseburn would be in any way good for your health.

We followed the GoodGym Litter Pick Bingo grid again tonight, splitting into two groups of running and walking and ticking off pretty much everything except nappies, Nestle chocolate wrappers and beer bottles - in Newcastle- I know, we were stunned too!

I set up a mini running workout circuit to finish off, switching between shuttle runs, step ups and ladder drills to get the legs burning! The backdrop of the Tyne on a clear evening made it the most scenic fitness session we’ve ever done.

It was a great start to the week and collecting five bags of rubbish shows we really made a difference.

We are back tomorrow with a rare Tuesday session as we help out Newcastle Eagles foundation with some gardening. Hope you can join us for that one too.