Subham and I popped over to the Finchley Memorial Hospital garden to help with the watering. The plants are drying out, so we ran back and forth to the janitor's cupboard to fill our cans, helping Lizzie, Sarah and Jane slake their thirsty plants. Some of the daisies were done for, but we did what we could to save the courgettes, artichoke, beans and amazing sunflowers. We were briefly graced with the presence of a local fox, no doubt looking for water as well!

We'll be listing regular Friday morning sessions throughout summer to help them, while some of their volunteers are on holiday. Please sign up if you've time to help for an hour or so.

We had a great turn out for our return to the Finchley Charities' community plot at the Fuel Land Allotments. Ten Goodgymmers gathered, half at the Phoenix for the warm up run and half at the allotment gates for the task. We were met by the lovely plot coordinators Brigid and Les, as well as Carmel from the Finchley Charities. (A brief shout out to www.goodgym.org/v3/profile/sheela-guttula, who couldn't make it due to an injury - get well soon!)

With many hands, we made light work of the tasks: carrying logs from the back of the plot to the front to extend the palisade, weeding bindweed, horseradish and oak seedlings and watering the vegetables. We also admired the wonderfully weird icon of Jesus the group found by chance painted on an old slab resting by the shed, as well as a lovely tiger moth spotted on a fence near the plot.

It was great to see Jamie out again for his third session - hoping work commitments will allow for lots of future sessions. And thank you to Richard for suggesting the pizza and popcorn social afterwards for some of us.