The Parkwood springs lantern festival is a yearly celebration of the community, bringing in light, fire, drums, fun and joy to this beacon of the cityscape.

Friends of Parkwood Springs organise the event, with the participation of super creative lantern makers.

This year the theme was "under the sea" and us Goodgymers - Celine, Ellie, Michael and Joseph - were tasked with helping to carry the fish from the top of the hill - the old beacon - back down to the playing fields at the end of the procession.

Welcome to Michael whose first Goodgym good deeds it was!

I did not know it would be so much more fin, sorry fun!

First of all the big fish was biiig! it was about 5 metres from nose to tail of gloriously stunningly bright colours, with even an articulated head and tail.

Then, after a long drum roll from the famous Sheffield samba band, its belly was opened upwards on both sides to reveal ... a shadow puppet theatre!

To the delight of what felt like hundreds of children, an impromptu puppet show was performed by the children coming behind the scenes and moving shadow puppets on the screen; it felt like gently organised chaos, and all children who wanted to take part took part, sometimes multiple times!

When the procession left the beacon, we waited for all to have left so we could safely carry the fish - a mere 9 people! - down the slope, avoiding the trees as best we could.

A very successful festival!