Many hands really do make light work! Goodgymmers showed up this afternoon at Holy Trinity Church to help Living Well Bromley sort and pack up Christmas bag donations to be distributed to those in the community next week.

The task was organised like a well oiled machine, in fact so well organised that the initial task of packing 150 bags worth of groceries from storage was completed in no time, so the team then set out to check pre packed bags that had been donated, ensuring that each bag fulfilled the checklist and if not, ensuring they did.

A few in the team gave themselves the challenge of trying to memorise the checklist, however it was soon established they probably shouldn't trust their memories to complete the task.

The final result was a total of 300 bags ready to be distributed next week. Not bad for an hour and a half!

Thanks to careful manoeuvring to weed among rose bushes and thorny shrubs – not the easiest task when in summer kit with bare arms and legs – the borders in Alexandra Recreation Ground are looking spruce and tidy. Three GoodGymers helped the Friends group with clearing brambles, bindweed and other weeds, and with deadheading too, so that the shrubs can grow taller and flower longer over the late summer. This was a first session for Katie and Angela – welcome to GoodGym Bromley!

As a little interlude, we hopped over to admire the new activity course marked out in the children’s play area (Katie can testify this is fun for adults too) and, as a bonus while I was cycling home, I spotted a heron wading majestically in the shallows of the River Ravensbourne.