The magnificent seven ran, walked and cycled 1.5km up the hill to Lavender House in Kemp Town. We welcomed back Daniela and Edel. 😊

Good Gym has visited Lavender House lots of times but in the words of William Shakespear: "idle weeds are fast in growth"!

Lavender House is retirement housing and we enjoy helping the residents there.

We met Keith of Lavender House who showed us the tools and the task to be done.

Juliet, Jane, Rosie, Ben, Daniel, Edel and me rapidly if indiscriminately cleared the weeds from the flat garden and by the pavement.

A passer by told us how much better it all looked! We managed to finish off and mostly miss the rain shower!

After a hiatus tonight we returned to one of our favourite tasks at The Bevy! 9 runners (and a dog!) ran and cycled their way deep into Moulescomb to help out with the incredible tiered vegetable garden that provides food for the Bevy pub and local community.

We were joined for the first time at Brighton Goodgym by Siobhan, an experienced Goodgymmer who will be a great addition to future tasks. A handful of us enjoyed the long sunny run from the centre of Brighton picking up people on route and meeting everyone else there. Everyone was pleased to see us but with the niceities over we soon got to work. We split into two groups, the chosen few had the fun but precarious task of picking plums from the steep fruit bank. Chanelling their inner mountain goat the team made light work of the picking, building up a great pile to be used at local community events.

The unlucky second group were tasked with weeding the vegetable garden path. An unglamorous task but important- with the last chance to grow some produce coming up, the planting beds need preparing. We set work pulling up bindweed, bracken, grass and all manner of weeds. Our reward for this was to pick the pears from the trees at the top of the garden. We were soon joined by the first group and made quick work of the path in the evening sun.

As a thank you we were treated to homemade Eccles cakes and stayed for a sunset chat before heading off back into central Brighton. The Bevy has had some difficult times of late but is bouncing back amazingly, make sure to get down in support when you can. We will be heading back there on Saturday for a post Parkrun breakfast!

With the sun shining again, ten Good Gym runners and one Good Gym cycler met to run to Preston Park. We welcomed back new members Daniela and Edel. It was good run or cycle ride to the Vicarage bowling club, which is the other side of Preston Park. We met Jenny who told us there used to be five bowling clubs in Preston Park but sadly there are now just two remaining. She said bowls were for all ages and anyone was welcome to join. Sherman, Ben, Frannie, Daniela, Rebecca, Angela, Edel, Sarah, Jane and I helped clear the ivy from the flower beds and weeds from the path. It was a large area, and we could see there was more to do so it would be worth a return visit. Afterwards, Pippa led a fitness session involving some hill sprints and balancing exercises in Preston Park 😎

A hill-focused training session, making our way up and down the increasingly steep Edward Street, Carlton Hill and Albion Hill with a little recovery on the Level and at Queens Park. One to be repeated over the coming weeks!

Litter picking galore and FABULOSO reward. This was what made Brighton GoodGymers proud of helping Brighton&Hove Council Tidy Up Team to clean our city with a Big Community Mission!

Thanks and welcome to GoodGym Helen, Wairimu, Rebecca, Sue and Alex.