After meeting in Hornfair Park we had a sunny, chatty run to Mycenae House to join the regular Friends group that maintains the garden and woodland for the local community to enjoy.

We split up to help with several tasks: Three grabbed shears and went to 'mow' the wildflower meadow, leaving the cuttings in place to seed the area. A duo did battle with brambles and green alkanet. Two lopped low branches off trees and added them to the dead hedge fencing protecting the wildlife area. We rounded off the morning with coffee and cakes at a nearby cafe. The perfect blend of running, volunteering and great company!

Good job team! On Wednesday we're joining forces with Camden - this will be a great session so join us if you can.

Until next time!

This morning Arthur and made our ways to Mycenae Gardens to join the friends for their monthly gardening session.

Arthur helped out watering the young trees with many fill ups of his tiny but pretty effective watering can! Then we did some weeding to make way for planting in the autumn. A lovely morning spent with lovely people!

Today was our monthly Sunday group run and a lovely morning it was too. Deviating from the usual litter pick on Woolwich Common we instead ran to the Mycenae Gardens to join their monthly volunteer session. After a quick check in about what's been tricky and what we've been grateful for this week, we did the short run across Charlton Park and past the Standard to Mycenae Gardens, a hidden gem for some of us and a treat to explore the expansive grounds.

We busied ourselves weeding and transferring the foliage to a make a foliage fence to mark out the wildlife space for non humans to enjoy! An hour well spent chatting and doing some good in lovely surroundings. Topped off with a trip to Boulangerie Jade for some coffee and cake = perfect.

Have a good rest of your weekend everyone, on Wednesday we're at Trinity Hospital raised beds with Fiona again - be prepared for lots of weeding (bug spray and hayfever tablets recommended!) Sign up here

Until next time!

The sun was out, the sky was blue and two Good Gymers made their way from Charlton Parkrun to Mycenae House in Westcombe park for the second part of our double header of missions. We were met by the amazing Fiona and set to work on two familiar tasks, namely dig out brambles and weed out blue alkanet to stop it from taking over the lovely gardens. The tasks were shared and\ soon a large pile of unwanted plants had been constructed. Our task finished, we took our spoils for disposal and headed off into the sunshine.

Mycenae House in East Greenwich is a community facility that was once a convent, and derives it's name from the ancient Greek city from which Agamemnon launched his famed mission to retrieve his sister in law. More in the keeping of his foes 6 Good Gymers put in a Trojan effort and turned up at the house on a freezing cold Saturday morning to help out. We were met by Fiona and set to the twelve (well two) labours of Goodgym.

Most of the morning's session we dedicated to chopping up bits of pruned trees then weaving the cut pieces into a fence to protect a wildlife friendly area, but one of us got the bonus task of putting up birdboxes (although the ladder looked a bit scary). The weather gods looked favourably on our endeavours and the sun soon came out and after 90 minutes the hedge was significantly bigger and the birdboxes were up. Our task complete we sailed off into the afternoon,