We returned this evening for our monthly visit to Jimmy's Cambridge to help with their dinner service. 🍽

Christopher and I met at Parkside Pools for our 4km-and-a-bit run, lapping Parker's Piece four times. Making her way from London, Catherine was waiting for us after the first lap and joined us for the remainder. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

This evening, Alex joined us for her first visit to Jimmy's. We soon got stuck in dishing up this evening's meal of spaghetti and stroganoff, with a rather splendid lemon meringue pie to follow. There was even a steak for Ruby, tonight's resident dog! 🐶

We gratefully received a visit from Beth partway through service (also on her first visit here) in time for clean down. As per usual, we made plenty of time for chatting and team building - and shared the joy of the clingfilm machine. 🙌

Thanks to all for another fun and productive evening!

Sorting and organising? Yes please! There was a shed load of sorting for tonight's task as we helped Tina and the team at Eastbury nursery and pre-school to improve the storage spaces in their garden.

Meeting at Barking Station, Mason and I welcomed Kim to GoodGym 👋 Our warm up invited some confused glances from commuters, but that didn't deter us and we were soon jogging over to the nursery, just a mile away, where we were joined by Imran and Lukas to make our merry crew for the session.

Our task partner, Tina, was there to greet us with a smile (and I think some relief) and showed us to the shed we'd be working on. Long-forgotten and now home to an array of local wildlife, it was to be a big task. Tina had already made a start so we jumped in to empty it entirely, sweep it and organise all the toys.

The first step was to get everything out and we filled the space with building blocks, bicycles, garden games, cars, rackets, gardening tools, trolleys, balls, cones and trucks. You get the idea. Everything was muddled, so we sorted into similar categories, which was immensely satisfying. It was also surprisingly nostalgic to be back in a nursery and rediscovering childhood toys. There was of course some time for games and Kim didn't hesitate to adjudicate a tug of war between Imran and Lukas. There was a rematch, but Lukas came out victorious. We all had a little go on the tiny bikes, Mason and Kim showing their speed and agility around the track.

In just an hour the shed was repacked in a calm and organised way, with everything accessible. Big shout out to Mason who braved the job of sweeping the cobwebs away and clearing all the spiders - there were some juicy one's in there 🕷️

Tina and the team were delighted. The people power of GoodGym meant they were able to achieve a task that hadn't been possible when prioritising everyday running of the nursery. And that's what we're here to do 💪 Before we left, as well as having a very thorough hand wash, we were given a tour of the beautiful nursery and treated to an ice cream 🍦 Can all GoodGym sessions end like this?

A brilliant task that brought out the inner child in us all and it was a great reminder that GoodGym is meaningful, but also fun!