5 GG’ers started off at the 3 Pigeons plot and walked along the river clearing the area of various litter, some of it swept in by the tide. It was lovely weather and we enjoyed the sunshine, fresh air and good company. We finished off close to the Sea Scouts entrance and managed to fill up 3 bin bags. Then we headed back to Tide Tables for a well deserved coffee.

A chatty run along a very quiet riverside this evening as we welcomed Zak to his first experience with GoodGym during his visit from Bristol. 😁

Our destination was St Christopher's Fellowship in East Twickenham where we often go to help in their large and quite unruly garden. We made a plan for ourselves with some extensive weeding in the vegetable patch and against the main building, Anita's monumental effort sorting out the compost heap and plenty of tidying up in the front drive.

A successful 45 minutes later, everything looked more manicured, even if our gloved hands did not!

Great event by Run Through ! It was an early start but worth it to be in a race environment. Runners were so grateful to the volunteers!

Fun task this morning as a bunch of goodgymer's and other volunteer groups combined to do a mass litter pick across Petersham common. Led by our unfortunately injured, but local resident outdoors man Ken - we set about combing the area clean of garbage. There was a lot but we smashed through it, and felt good for having done our bit! Coffee and a stroll past the 3 pigeons plot (another goodgym managed site) to admire the lovely flowers and we were done!

On to the next one... Monday ... "we go again! We do not let this slip!" :-)

A chatty run by the river on a super clear night under the stars as we headed to Petersham to the Sea Scouts base. Task owner Russell knows exactly what GoodGym can help with and had a large pile of heavy driftwood to move from the area it was drying out to the logpile, making room to store the newly arrived boat for the scouts.

Team work, a very hardworking trolley near retirement, two wonky wheelbarrows and a lot of heavy trips across the lawn and the job was complete!

We will be back at this lovely spot by the river on the 31st March.

Sunday morning saw a return to the Girl Guides in Mortlake for 3 Richmond GoodGymers. We have helped out there a number of times and the tasks are always interesting and varied.

On this bright but cold morning the task involved helping the leaders to sort out the contents of their store room and store cupboards, as they looked for items to sell to raise funds for their upcoming building works.

First up there were a number of trestle tables to measure up. We quickly worked out that 6 of the tables were the same type, but measured them all anyway to be sure, like good little cub scouts. Dib dib dob dob.

After the measuring was done we started to empty the small cupboards at the end of the hall, sorting through stationery, craft materials, first aid kits and other bits and bobs. We even found a very old paper shredder (featured in the task photo) which gave us plenty of amusement as we checked that it worked.

In the end we were only there for an hour before heading off to enjoy our Sunday, but we doubt it’ll be long before our help is needed again!