Back at Mrs A to start on the back garden - very big garden invaded by brambles, weeds and bine weeds. Started near the back door to clear the space and make it more comfortable for her and her son. I already filled 2 green wheelie bins and a council green bag, but they havent been collected. Luckily they had a 3rd green wheelie bin at the far end of the garden. Untangled the bin and started by bramble mission. Discovered loads of hidden items : wooden planks, flower pots, animal sculptures, golf balls, golf caddie and a battery for it, fridge drawer and some rubbish bags. Mrs A son was outside and did sorting out of the items i found...we put alot in the rubbish!!. I found a lovely rabbit sculpture that was hidden - now we can enjoy the view of the rabbit. Mrs A son said that his dad used to play golf and practiced in the back garden as it is very long and no one facing that side. At the end of the session, her son could not believe the space and was already thinking of putting 2 chairs and a small table under the tree to enjoy the weather especially that the area at the back door was clear. Mission over but will be back to carry on the battle with the brambles.

On a blissfully cooler day after the recent heatwave, the number of children at Acton Juniors was down on the usual, with 53 finishers. The organisers were talking about the return of a local school next week, which as we saw last time, brought a huge influx of runners and the need for extra volunteers, so if you can help, please sign up directly with Acton Juniors on the 5th of July.

While the number of runners was down, there was a strong showing of 6 GoodGymers. Maria led by running the warm up, Kash was mopping up those at the back as the tail walker and in between, Alan and Steph were marshalling, Sevan timekeeping and Divy scanned the finishers' barcodes.

Steph had a fun time dealing with sausage dogs that were off their leash. At one point he had to funnel the runners past one dog that was blocking their path to make sure that all people and dogs safely enjoyed the park this morning and no sausage dogs were made to roll.

We have 2 sessions listed with Acton Juniors in July. If you're free on either the 12th or the 19th, please join us to help this family event run safely and to make it a fun morning for all of the children taking part.

4 Goodgymers met at Ealing Broadway Station to run and chat towards Acton park as volunteering at Acton Junior Parkrun. Slightly cooler than previous days but still hot 🔥