Tonight was an evening of celebration.

We welcomed our newest member to the group Jessica

CROESO JESS

Another goodgym baby on the way, we can't wait to meet them Sophie.

And finally, introducing the new Lucy, now with wings....

Happy 100th Deed

Our walkers set off first, a direct route to the task, whilst Michael took the joggers on a slightly lengthened route to the task.

A nice evening for a run, with a good breeze. Once we arrived it was straight to work, the gloves out and the tasks explained.

It has been a while since we were last here, and the genes had certainly bounced back since their last trim. This was the first job for Lucy, to contain the growth and stop it encroaching onto the pathways.

Everybody else, over to the fence, it is time for a fence painting frenzy.

There was no stopping us, even a slight bit of rain fixing halt us. Thankfully the rain passed by quite quickly, so the painting continued along with the conversation of the task.

Have you got your own dabber?

Bingo, well that's the next social sorted then...

Lucy had moved on to dead heading roses and the painting crew had nearly finished the second large fence. No leaving until this parts complete. It was a quick run back, so we stayed on a little longer than usual in order to finish the fence.

Quick group photo, then off we popped.

Next week we head over to global gardens , join us for some active fun.

Litter pick round the streets of Canton

Together we deciphered the microwave / oven instruction manual and figured out all the nifty settings, so that toasting, crisping and even defrosting will be a doddle.

What a celebration, goodgym CYMRU, we hit our EIGHT anniversary. Starting back on May 23rd, 2017, running to a community garden space, and here we after 8 years running to one of our regular community growing spaces Global Gardens.

We are very proud of how many community green spaces we have helped over those 8 years, and hope to continue the fight to keep Cardiff as green as possible.

Our groups tonight had cyclists, walkers and runners all making their way to Global Gardens. It was a great run through the park, a great way to spend our celebration run before the weather changes. Michael had both his goodgym and global gardens hat on tonight, as he got everyone into the site and ready to volunteer. Although the weather was due to change, there was still plenty of watering to do. The polytunnel needed a good soaking, as did plenty of potted new plants that were dotted around. We also had a second group tooled up and ready to get back to the removal of brambles and bindweed, people on wheelbarrow duty to run the weeds back and forth to the designated compost pile.

We had some returns tonight as we welcomed back Benjamin and Lucy, with the lovely baby Eliza and goodgym bunny. (is this a new mascot?)

After 30 minutes of volunteering (and baby holding), we were done and it was time for our group photos. We made our plans for afterwards to continue the celebrations with a few drinks and some food, and a catch up with each other.

I was volunteering at Cardiff junior parkrun today, in the roles of First Timers Welcome and Barcode Scanning. Cardiff Junior parkrun is a favourite destination for GoodGym Cardiff and the Vale.

First Timers Welcome is a role I've done before, and as a Run Director for Cardiff Junior parkrun I should be quite good at it, and remember basic things, like which side of the course the runners should run on.

Yet, if it wasn't for a regular grownup attending the First Timers Welcome as their younger junior was running for the first time, I might have sent several new runners off in the wrong direction, which is the right-hand side. Cardiff Junior parkrun is a keep-left course. I was wrong, telling them to be on the right. It was early in the morning, and I hadn't had any coffee, and as you can tell from the wordplay, it can be confusing.

Barcode Scanning went well, and all six of us were very much needed. That's because today Cardiff Junior parkrun broke its previous record for attendance. We now have a new course attendance record of 265 junior parkrunners.

We moved unwanted furniture out to be collected by the council, freeing up space in the house and removing the clutter!