Steph Ducat, Ijo and Sevan were raring to go to set up for the Hobbayne Charity's annual quiz. There were some tasks they were expecting, like setting up the tables and wrapping up the cutlery. Others were new to them, as Ijo found when she was asked to steam the tablecloths as they'd come out of a box looking very crinkled.

Steph and Sevan worked with the task owner, June, on the maths of configuring tables and chairs. "Nine, six, six, no, that table's a five, eight", went the calls. They made sure that all the expected people had a chair and somewhere to eat their curry.

Steph and Sevan moved on to wrapping cutlery for the attendees and getting the crockery in the kitchen ready for plating. As everything was ready ahead of time, at front of house, Ijo ran the tuck shop as the guests started to arrive.

A group of 10 GoodGymers, including first timer Kate, descended to Lammas Orchard tonight by piloting their intergalactic wheelbarrows through the atmosphere, steered by rakes and shovels. When they arrived, they found piles of small organic pieces (woodchip) and larger organic chunks (aka chopped logs) in the grounds. Looking at the different forms of matter and their tools, the group wondered if they could be used to improve the planet they'd landed on.

Moving into the garden, the group found that the paths were part woodchipped and a strange wooden log circle was placed in the middle of it. Out of the bushes emerged a being holding something called Strongbow. Much of what he said didn't make sense until their translators managed to interpret:

"Each of these logs was a person. This one here with a hole in it was John" - Strange being

Clearly this was a local burial ground and the beings were somehow transformed into inanimate objects. What a strange place this was. The group's thoughts went back to the pile of logs at the entrance and how those ex-beings must have been unceremoniously placed on top of each other. What about the chips of wood. Were they mini beings?! The GoodGymers decided that they all deserved better than laying around in mounds.

The group split into two, with one part focused on honouring those big beings who'd been woodened. They set out to create a memorial circle like the one that honoured John's memory. The wooden beings were carefully transported to the newly created shrine.

The second group focused on what they thought must be the little beings. Their destination was less orderly. They meandered through the garden like a river, curving and threading themselves between the trees. The path was never taking the direct route from point to point. How curious.

After an hour, the mothership called. It was time to report back on what the GoodGymers had found on the planet. They grouped in the wooden circle they'd created and waited to be sucked back into orbit where they'd tell stories of the unusual culture that they had encountered and update their guide to the galaxy to include this planet, Earth.

Today was the first day of service by All Aboard Club to The Log Cabin in Northfields. The purpose of the service is to allow neurodiverse children to interact through playing with a giant train set. This includes resolving train scheduling errors where Thomas the tank engine and a TGV happen to find themselves speeding towards each other on the same stretch of track.

Kash, Steph Ducat, Ijo and Sevan were part of a 9 person track engineering team, preparing the set before the children's arrival. They and the regular All Aboard Club volunteers were playing too and like the neurodiverse children, worked by themselves at times until they encountered someone else's bit of track. They then had to work with the other track engineer to make the 2 parts fit together.

Unlike many large scale British engineering projects, it all came together perfectly and on time. It was even on budget (a.k.a. free)! Bridges, branches, tunnels and stations were all ready for the excited train drivers to experience.

Before leaving, Sevan tried to inhale some sultanas to power him onto the next task in Southall. A couple of them dropped and landed on the track, almost causing a catastrophic derailment. Luckily the Chief Engineer, Richard, saved the day by clearing the line. Phew!