There was soooo much woodchip. Westcombe Woodlands work us hard and certainly help us put the gym in Good Gym and this month was no exception.

7 Good Gymers arrived at the woods to be met by not just one but two gigantic piles of woodchip. Being the efficient team that we are we split into two groups with Bea, Cecilia and Marta shovelling the chips into containers for Ivar, Julian, Kerry and Mayuri to carry up the hill to replenish the paths.

After an hour or so the volunteers were amazed that we’d managed to completely clear one of the giant piles and to replenish a huge length of pathway. All the was remained was to enjoy a well-earned cup of tea.

With a longer run this week, the group gathered earlier than normal at Glass Mill ready to tackle the hilly route to Baring Road Allotments. This was a brand new task for us, the team are trying to being abandoned allotment sites back to life and create a community garden.

Our task for the eve was to cut back the brambles and cut down the bamboo which will be used for bamboo canes in the community garden.

Everyone got stuck into their task and it wasn't long before that space was looking clearer but another space was full of bamboo that needed trimming down.

It was all hands on deck to carry the bamboo to another part of the garden!

Happy Birthday to Louise who was continuing her streak of volunteering on her birthday which started at a GG task and also congrats to Kerry who completed her 100th good deed - amazing achievement!!

Thank you to Paul for leading the group to and from the task! And Oli for the punspiration!

To mark the end of the Easter weekend, the best of Lewisham (and Greenwich) met at Glass Mill to run to Ladywell Fields to try and get to the end of the pile of woodchip.

Focusing on one woodchip pile this week, we began shovelling and wheelbarrowing and carrying bucket full of woodchip to the hedge saplings.

It was a good strength workout and we definitely got our steps in as some hedge saplings were quite far from the pile of woodchip.

With all saplings mulched and the pile much smaller than when we arrived it was time to say our goodbyes and head back to Glass Mill.

We've helped plant and care for these hedge saplings over the past couple of years so it's wonderful to see them growing.

Thanks to Ivar for the pun!

Next week we are heading to The Albany which will be around 4.5km run in total and we'll be joined by the garden team so expect more tasks like shovelling and woodchip over the usual litter pick.