Sunny Thursday evening and we were at a different location : Hyde park. Meeting at Lancaster Gate tube station and it looked like Achilles UK did a takeover of the station due to the high number of runners and guides. Small walk to the park where we paired and set off in the sun until 7:30 PM

Great session and all we needed was a park, a path and a perfect guide run!! We dont "Hyde" - we guide! Well done Diana for her first guide session. Maria is on a roll and is at her 3rd session, while Lucy and Steph Ducat are regulars at the Achilles sessions.

Over 30 runners and guides present tonight including 2 wheel chair racers and our usual friendly dogs Mario and Max

Achilles and the Art of Guided Motion

The clocks went back and it was a joyfully light evening at The Strand on The Green School. The brighter evenings weren’t the only thing to celebrate though, as our favourite bearded Frenchman Augustin reached his centurion of good deeds and earned his wings (and a shiny new GG top)!

Thirteen is lucky for some, as Claire from the school has an assortment on tasks for the XIII group of GoodGymmers who were out on Wednesday evening.

Group one, made up of Alan, Ariane, Divy, Michelle and Sara went with a hop (well it Easter this weekend), skip (literally) and a jump (into said skip) to the school grounds to help move a load of garden waste into a big skip, which had unfortunately arrived later than planned. Just like the evening sky, Team MAD AS made light work of filling up the big yellow vessel.

The second assembly, consisting of Chris, Florian, Fran and the King of the Wings himself (Gus) were helping in the nursery garden to clear back overgrown ivy, which was taking over the walls and trellises. Once chopped off, the MAD AS gang were around to support with dumping the waste into their skip.

Finally, the third throng of Alana, Breda, Emily and Lucy were on paint duty. Armed with brushes, rollers and pots and trays of fresh ‘school custard yellow’ coloured paint, the awesome foursome got to work covering the rest of the playground walls and starting a second coat from a job started a few weeks back on a previous task.

Gus with his wings wasn’t the only thing flying, as time goes by quickly when you’re having fun. Three tasks completed, it was time two leave one very impressed Claire and make our way to the pub, to celebrate the only way GoodGym Hounslow know - with cake.

Congrats Gus on your achievements. We’ll be back next week at Chiswick House for another episode of GoodGym Hounslow. See you then!

It was a unseasonably chilly night in Hounslow last night, and after a day of hail showers, it didn't make for the most inviting conditions for an outdoor group session. But there was a job to be done, and Team GoodGym turned up to do it!

The task was an important one - brightening up Turnham Green and improving its biodiversity. Thanks to the Friends group, there had been a load of cowslip seedlings getting big and strong in Jan's attic, waiting for the moment they could be planted in the wild. With the warmer weather arriving (not much sign of it last night though!), their time had come.

Armed with headtorches, spades and enthusiasm, a hardy team of 12 began planting with speed and efficiency.

It took record time to get them all in the ground, and task owner Jan had this to say:

"The team were great this evening! 145 little cowslips planted in half an hour. Big thank you to everyone!"

Fantastic work everybody, another job that will improve the lives of the local community in the bag.

Next week (we're off to finish the painting job we started at Strand on the green) [https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/finishing-up-the-painting-at-strand-on-the-green-school)