I hadn't visited Ms F for a good few months, so it was great to catch up tonight. She's been going through a lot recently, but was glad to see me. For Ms F, the shopping missions are not just about the Waitrose trips - she really appreciate each GoodGymers for who they are and how they show up to support her.

Today, I didn't have much luck with fish and cheese counters, with breaded haddock already sold out and the cheese counter closed early. The good news was that I got the cognac minced pies. The best part? They were free with Ms F's Waitrose card!

The temperatures tonight might have scared off a few new GoodGymers, as out of eight signups, only five regulars showed up. Freya, Steph Ducat, Sevan and Kash ran from Ealing Broadway to Acton to meet Maria, who ran to the task straight from the gym - she is unstoppable! It would have been great if more ladies in Acton and neighbouring towns had so much motivation to stay fit and healthy! Well, that's what this Tuesday session was about!

Action West London asked us to help distribute flyers announcing the January edition of a free health & fitness programme for women. The sessions, this time including dance classes and pelvic floor exercises, will take place at St Mary’s Church Hall in Acton and give the residents an opportunity to stay active, healthy, and connected.

Before we ventured into the streets off Horn Lane, we congratulated Freya on her 50th good deed. She got to wear the GoodGym Ealing elegant black sash, marking the fantastic milestone, ahead of claiming the famed black GoodGym t-shirt. So far, Freya has been known as a dedicated Tuesday group runner and a Soup Kitchen supporter. Who knows what new, exciting sessions the future has for her! Well done, Freya, and onto the next fifty to claim your wings!

Throughout one hour, each of us walked about 3km, and the air became colder and colder. Having covered Rosemont Rd, Mayfield Rd, Creswick Rd, Julian Ave, Shalimar Gardens and Hereford Rd, we called it a day and ran back to Ealing Broadway to warm up again.

We will be back in Acton to further spread the word about the January sessions for women in three weeks - sign up now to join us!

Next week, we will run or walk to Walpole Park to replace woodchip on the paths in the Walled Garden. Shovelling and wheelbarrowing will be an excellent way to get active and stay warm! Join next week's session here!

A Monday night out in South Ealing, walking past the Grange Primary School and Olive Road, brought two bags of litter collected on the way.

After a soggy Saturday with three outdoor tasks in miserable weather, Sevan and Kash were looking forward to an indoor engineering mission on Sunday. Paradoxically, after the early morning rain, the day was pleasant and sunny. To add to the irony, the beneficiary of the mission, Mrs F, was not at home.

Mrs F's daughter, who was her carer, did her best to show us what needed to be done - installing a new anti-insect mesh on a window - but the mesh was nowhere to be found. Mrs F didn't pick up her phone, so the GoodGymers, sensing that the job wasn't going anywhere, asked about the secondary tasks: removing a cabinet and assembling a treadmill.

It turned out that the cabinet had nowhere to go, so it had to stay where it was. The treadmill didn't need to be assembled after all, but required an extension cable and space to be used comfortably. Sevan and Kash plugged in the exercise machine and tested it. It worked perfectly fine. It was ideal for walking, as long as one didn't need to get anywhere. Unfortunately, the GoodGymers had to put the machine back under the cabinet since there was no sensible space to leave it. Mrs F still couldn’t answer her phone, so Sevan and Kash left without epic stories to tell.

On a gloomy November Saturday afternoon, Sevan and Kash were like the Spanish Inquisition - no one expected them. Miss T was their second beneficiary on the day, who was surprised that they showed up at a time when sensible people would wrap in a blanket at home and warm their hands with a cup of tea.

The soggy GoodGymers declared they’d work rain or shine and took off their muddy running shoes to get to the back garden without spoiling Miss T’s clean carpet. Moved by their determination, Miss T offered Kash a pair of dry socks, to which Kash politely said no, as it wouldn’t solve the problem of the drenched trainers. She didn’t decline the offer of black coffee, though.

The task was to weed the garden as much as possible and empty all the plant pots before the day got dark. Sevan, who felt a surge of energy, decided to dig weeds from the beds with a fork. The soil was soft as it started raining when the GoodGymers ran to Wembley from their previous mission in Northolt. It was strangely comforting to be in the rain instead of the wind.

I actually don’t feel miserable now - Sevan

Kash worked on the pots, removing old plants from them. When Miss T emerged from the house to ask whether they needed anything, the GoodGymers asked her whether to keep the soil in the plant pots. According to Miss T, the soil was of poor quality, and there was no point keeping it in the pots. That was the tipping point of the mission, after which both Sevan and Kash started tipping the pots, radically changing the landscape of the garden. It just got dark when the last pot was emptied.

All that was left was to take the garden waste out, rinse muddy hands, enjoy a drink from Miss T, pet her lovely ginger cat, and find the least miserable way back home.