Happy 1st Birthday GoodGym Manchester

This evening, we met up for a jog followed by exquisite pizza and beer at Sandbar on Grosvenor St.

A ~4.3 km route covering the city centre near Bridgewater Hall, Hulme, Manchester Science Park, the UoM, and Oxford Road before settling on a watering hole.

Special kudos to Pavel for his first running workout 💪 for a while and was a good chatty run and pub trip discussing Halloween 🎃, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Glossop, hot pot, gardening, GoodGym, and mushroom growing.

We were well lit, with an umbrella 🌂 on hand for the Manchester rain. See you all soon for more GoodGym Manchester exploits.

Wholesome afternoon with some work but mostly eating!

Peter helped with some of the food prep, with his impressive pumpkins 🎃 stealing the show providing decoration and produce for a tasty pumpkin curry. Alongside the curry was Saag Aloo and beetroot pasta using ingredients from the Green Rooms allotment plot. Rice and Naan accompanied with some delicious deserts; plum crumble and a tasty chocolate & courgette cake, again using produce from the allotment. We both provided help with the "homemade" custard...

Lots of tasty food, karaoke, and an all round celebration for the project led by Katie and the young people and volunteers who have chipped in throughout the summer & autumn.

After a thorough clean and today, we got our tupperware of leftovers to head home.

Peter and Ben went along to GRIT Studios in Salford to help prepare a wall for a new masterpiece to be painted on Sunday 🎨

With buckets of soapy 🧼 water and sponges 🧽 we gave the wall a thorough clean, using steps and a longer broom to reach the higher spots. After throwing cold water to remove any suds and scrubbing the grimy floor, we checked out and ran back to Manchester.

Look forward to seeing the art work! We'll be back preparing an old toilet block for a mural before too long.