A return visit to Brunswick was on the cards for a fabulous collection of GoodGymmers in surprising humidity. Runners and walkers set off in good time and were soon assessing the very dry grass with very green thistles and other weeds.

With path to find, weeds to dig and brambles to chop it was a hive of activity and fortunately not a hive of stinging insects. Though Vaguely Northern Darren upped the stinging game by tackling the tall nettles that had gone very dry but were evidently still potent.

Excellent weeding squatting technique was on show from Dushyant and Cameron whilst Phill adopted a more hamstring- stretching seated pose - great to hear that Phill's able to start a gentle return to running. A delicate forking and cutting technique was adopted by Richard, Russ, Marianne and Frances whilst Jason and Melanie cut back some reaaaaaalllllly long brambles that have grown over the Jerusalem sage we cut back earlier in the summer. A big-fork side task to dig out some human-looking fingers that were actually Acanthus Mollis that people pay to have in their gardens but grows like a weed i the Cemetery so some of it had to go.

And then we were off to Workout to be sad that regular barman Carrick has left but Paige the boss was there inducting new starter Charlie (maybe - note to check) and we explained that leaving the coffee machine on until 8.15 on a Tuesday is a good plan. All to accompany Marianne's fantastic mystery-ingredient "protein superfood" chocolate bites covered in hundreds and thousands. The mystery ingredient wasn't raw chicken but you'll have to come along to find out what it was.

We'll tell you next time we see you!

A perfect chance to show Southville a bit of love around the primary school whilst all the kids are away. It was quite weedy when we arrived but we had many-a fantastic tool for scraping, digging, slashing and hoe-ing (not to be confusing with Christmas-time Ho, Ho, Ho-ing) before sweeping and brushing sooo many weeds and a huge amount of dust into waste sacks.

Russ joined us as he's visiting the UK before his next stint back in Tokyo so it was konnichiwa sensei (こんにちは せんせい for those of us who've spent a lot of time TRYING to learn hiragana), hes always full of enthusiasm and makes the rest of look a teeny bit "less enthusiastic", there was excellent squat-weeding from Cameron, Caroline and Richard, who'd already skillfully led the running group to the right place. Hoe-wielder Rach made sure there was enough for sweeping specialist Frances who showed great skills with the long and short brush, despite the steps/edge always being in the wrong place whilst Jason tidied AND took photos and Vaguely Northern Darren went all Zen and meditative sat cross-legged on the kerb.

Not boiling hot, not actually raining, just productive weather for a productive crack-team of Bristol GoodGymmers to help their community and spread cheer through Southville's streets. And a lot of talk about ineffective spies, obviously.