I arrived at Mrs A to find a massive overgrown front garden, overgrown plant invading the pavement and the path to the front door was very narrow due to the overgrown weeds, brambles and plants. Her son welcomed me and gave me a rake plus and old rusty pair of shears. Luckily I also took my bramble gloves and small secators. Her son has back problems so cannot help with the garden. I started by trimming the tree/bush on the from that was overgrowing to the pavement and the neighbors. Then cleared the path to the front door so you can walk without being scratched by brambles etc. Also cleared the small side walk from the front door to the side entrance. Then it was the bramble attack : cleared all the weeds and brambles in the front garden - still some work to do but now you can see flowers, roses and bees. You can now walk in the garden. Mrs A was impressed and said what a difference 90 minutes of Goodgym does. I filled a wheelie bin and a green bag full of garden waste.

7 goodgymers from several different areas brought and dropped items for the food bank, showing that thinking of others makes the world go round.

Gail, Steph and Anna met on the Strand this evening to hand out hot drinks and food to those who needed it.

Due to the wet weather, and a few other charities out and about, the starting queue wasn't as long as normal. We were able to be generous with the portions of Biriyani, and Gail's coffees and hot chocolates went down a storm in the cold.

A couple of people came along with extra donations from Pret and Caffe Nero which all found an appreciative taker. After an hour, everything was gone.