Our June Monday visit to our sponsored riverside plot and we were blessed with a lovely still evening after heavy rain. Chelsea met us at the Tap to run with GoodGym for the very first time, welcome Chelsea! A good stretch and an intro later, we headed off to the riverside with a steady jog towards our lock-up at the arcade.

The grass was dry enough to use for our fitness session: a mix of squats, kicks, walk out push-ups and lunges; a bit of extra oomph before getting stuck into weeding and dusting the arcade, finishing off with a run back into Richmond and a final push up the hill!

We will be back next month for more summer care of the area, and our big 10th birthday!

Second Monday of the month means GoodGym Richmond Signature task! Starting at the Tap Tavern and giving a very warm welcome to Sam and Kayley joining for the first time, we had a proper warm-up, preparing for this month's fitness session.

Following a run along the river (accompanied by a ridiculous number of gnats!) the group got into some squats, jumps, lunges, pike reach throughs and flutter kicks before getting stuck into the tasks.

Between us we managed to turn the compost, sweep the arcade, dust cobwebs, water the Three Pigeons plot, cut back the pampas, pull out a lot of the riverside weeds, dead head and rake up! There is always more to do at such a lovely spot, and we had some very welcome thanks from passers-by too 😍

The evening finished with drinks and a chat at the White Cross, what a way to start the week!