Arrived at Mr M ground floor flat and was guided to the back garden. Garden was invaded by weed. I got the tools and my gloves ready to do the garden tidy, when Mr M asked if I liked expresso and how many sugars. He made me a lovely double expresso.Did I look tired or did he think I would need extra caffeine to tidy the garden? I cracked on and then Mr M came and handed me an ice cold mango energy drink. Extra boost for me....all energised by the amount of caffeine I got in 90 minutes. I bagged 7 bags of weed and 1/2 bag of plastic items.

Emilie was back at St Simons church to assist Steph Ducat with the setup of Foodbank. Setting up tables in order to put food on them. Both heard of a mysterious map, but nowhere to be seen. Was it a treasure map with a hidden gem in the church? No! It was a map to organise the layout of the food on the tables. The map was found, but was there a hidden message or treasure? Maybe the treasure was hidden in the van which both goodgymers started to unload. Yes - treasure was loads of tinned food, fresh vegetables etc..

World Cup fever had reached its peak with England’s semi final just hours away, but that meant plenty of time to fit in a good deed before kick off.

We met with tonight’s Manager, Jan from Friends of Turnham Green who gave us a briefing and a tactical run down of the big game and the goals for the evening. There was a trimming and clearing at the edges of the wildflower meadow to be done, litter to be picked, and the plants around the rockery needed a good watering following the wave of warm weather.

Time for kick off. No time to sit on the Spence! Kash and Gus tackled the strimming, whilst Max, Florian, Alan, Michelle and Steph raked up the trimmings, ready to go into one of the big blue Saka’s supported by Lucy. The other rubbish bags were taken on by Breda and Fran, also armed with the infamous Turnham Green tongs, as they Rice-d to defend the area from litter. Emily took it a little bit Eze-r, Pick(ford)ing rubbish and sharing the joys of GoodGym with the locals. Finally, playing up top on his own was Jon and the hose, giving the plants a good old hydration break on the rockery.

Captain Ana called for full time. A team photo to Marc (Guehi) the occasion was taken, and a shout out to the Birthday Boy Alan, who celebrated a big shiny birthday on Monday. Hopefully a big shiny World Cup trophy coming back to England will also celebrate 60 years soon too!

The green was looking a lot less Messi, and Jan was pleased with the results. All that was left was to get ready for the real kick off at 8PM. Kane we bring it home? COME ON ENGLAND.

UPDATE: We in fact did not bring it home, much to our disappointment and now join our French counterparts in feeling miserable because of 11 grown men kicking a ball around. Euro’s in 2 years anyone?