The cold weather has arrived in earnest but it didn't stop a hardy team of goodgymers rock up ready to go off to the trenches for their weekly workout.

We started the session by celebrating Barbarapassing her 700th good deed and Laura her 50th, and welcoming new comer Alex to the group.

Vicky set off first with the party pace group and were met at Glen Allotments by an enthusiastic team. Ed's group arrived very soon after and we were all armed with spades and set to work.

The task was to dig one trench of 30 metres and another 20 metres, in preparation for a water pipe. There was some discussion about how deep 18 inches is - quite deep it turns out! No problem for our crew, who rose to the challenge! Within our alloted time we'd completed the task and were rewarded with home made flapjack.

Vicky set of back with the party gang whilst Ed's group did a spot of fun fitness.

Back at base we were rewarded by more delicious homemade biscuits courtesy of Laura!

A very enjoyable task!

Brunswick Nursery was bustling with activity before 9 am. Laura was a busy head elf, setting up all the activities, signs and directing all the staff. Jenna set to on the responsible job of labeling all the bakes for allergies and slicing the delicious cakes for the cafe, happily next to the warm kitchen, where warm scones and coffee were on the go . MartinMartin lent a hand numbering up all the tombola prizes in the colder polytunnel.Has there ever been such a large tombola?! The day looks a very jolly one with crafts, planting, storytelling, children's trail and even more to join in with. Here's wishing Laura and the staff a successful fundraising day. It really is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

💃 Ten excellent Goodgymmers came together for the Move Mates ceilidh. A night of dancing and frivolity, it’s certainly one not to miss.

🕺From manning the bar to selling raffle tickets to making up a dance set, us GoodGymmers are versatile in our volunteering skills and enthusiasm.

👋 We were thrilled to welcome Adepemi for her first task with us. Thank you so much for your help tonight, and we’re looking forward to hopefully seeing you again soon.

🎉 We’ve also discovered that incredibly, this was Babs’ 700th good deed! What an achievement, and here’s to many more 🥳

Tonight we met for our bonfire special. We started by discussing the best thing about autumn, where leaves features heavily, then set off to Wild Things Forest school. Ed led the runners, Stef guided a walking group and a few made their way on bike.

When we arrived Emma met us with a long and varied list of jobs ranging from sawing wood and raking leaves, to removing ivy and putting up bunting.

Once the tasks were complete we headed over to the hill for fun fitness hill reps. Some of the techniques were questionable for the exercises, in order to get back to the team quickly! The winner were rewarded with extendable forks for the bonfire.

After fitness we headed back to the fire pit and had marshmallow or camembert smores. Martin also brought a tub of aptly named heroes, because thats what you all are!

can anyone guess who's knees are on the Photo?