8 Luton Goodgymers came together to help host one of the latest sessions of cooking classes at the Shri Guru Ravidass Sangat Gudwara in town. This event is a great opportunity to support a fantastic local organisation and meet and meet others who are really interested in what we as Goodgymers do. We cooked Several rice dishes, sweet and savoury. Chick pea curry, paneer curry and rota's. After cooking, we ate and then helped the Aunties clean down the kitchen. This was a really fun evening.

This weeks group run took us on a relatively short run to Penrose Roots to Recovery where we met up with the task owner Pete sitting comfortably on a chair enjoying the early evening sunshine 🌞. This weeks task had the team chopping back nettles that had grown up behind the poly tunnel at the allotment. The team made relatively short work of cutting down the troublesome plant although I think there may have been 1 or 2 moments that reminded some of their childhood as they got the odd sting. Some of the nettles were put into a vat of water to be left to break down into liquid fertiliser. After a couple of group photos 📸 the group headed to the bandstand in Wardown Park to do a little workout with resistance bands. 💪 Then we headed back to town to finish the evening. Fantastic effort tonight by all, Thanks to David for leading the run and the workout. I look forward to seeing you all at next week's 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️

We cooked up a delicious Aloo and aubergine curry, served with freshly made hot rotis, cooling yogurt, and creamy rice pudding. The pans were sizzling, the rotis were puffing, and the sink was full. After all the chopping, stirring, rolling, and washing, we all sat down together and shared an amazing, delicious meal.

This evening we served 40 people plus takeaways . It was fantastic team work and effort from everyone as always- food collection team, cooking team, hosting team , pot washer, host and helpers Thank you everyone for making people around happy 😊 On the menu we had Starter Carrot and red lentils soup with bread 🍞 Main Frittata, baked beans , hash browns/fries Dessert Banana & date bake with custard

We had a team of eight join up with the other friends of People's Park to carry out a thorough cleanup of the park.

Weeks of nice weather had attracted lots of daytime park users who left all the usual litter scattered around the fields bushes and trees of this large site. There was also a fair bit of evidence of a night time economy, as well as the fly tipping of a few random items, this time a push chair, a freezer drawer, a walking stick and a children's ride on car thing were the main features of an impressive haul of 16 bags of rubbish!

All seemed normal on this week's group run as we headed up the hill to the giant Welcome to Luton gravel sign on the hill by the motorway. 🛣️

But on arrival we found an unusual guest waiting for us. It was a member of the BBC Three Counties Radio team with the news that we have been nominated for the Three Counties People Awards! Our task was given a lovely boost as we were asked to record some audio about GoodGym, what we do and why we love it. In between planes roaring overhead we all got a chance to say a bit about ourselves and also wish BBC 3CR a happy 40th birthday, ready for the celebration in a few weeks.

All of that showbiz stuff aside we also managed to weed the gravel, sort the black and white pebbles back into their right places and get the sign looking great again and welcoming all the drivers and pilots on their approach to Luton!