Today was a day of many celebrations! We started out celebrating the sunshine from yesterday. A shame it didn't stick around today but we daren't ask too much from good old Britain do we?

Several of our crew had helped out at Hornfair Junior Parkrun, making it a double deed morning. Some of us ran to Mycenae where Fiona and crew met us to divvy up the tasks. We got busy weeding and lopping branches off the trees and replenishing the dead hedge and so much fun was had an hour flew by and it started to blow up a storm so we took this as our cue to go for a celebratory coffee and cake.

We donned our party hats and our happy birthday banner, celebrating GoodGym Greenwich's 9th birthday AND Khai's 50th good deed!

Today we hit 108 good deeds and 1,176km travelled for the January challenge - we've smashed our good deeds target but got 150km roughly to get to our kms target! It's gonna be close!

Khai wrote a poem to mark our birthday which it's fitting to leave us with:

We root for the Parkruns from start to finish

We meddle with deeds as the weeds diminish

We sweep city streets for trash cans and spillage

We run to repair our home town and village

A sail needs wind like a sailor needs spinach

Where would we all be without GoodGym Greenwich?

To all of our friends we cherish and adore

Cheers to nine years and to many, many more!

Today, five of us gathered at Mycenae gardens to clear the grass away from the trees and piling up fresh sticks to be added to the dead hedge. 🌳

After an hour of blood, sweat and tears the area was looking much clearer and we were ready for coffee and cake! ☕

Welcome back to Deanna for her second good deed- lovely to have you join the crew 😎

On Wednesday we're back at St Richards. Next week it's our Christmas do!

Until next time.

What a beautiful morning to spend time with friends doing some good! Perhaps, said Jenny, it's natures way of easing us into the winter months now the clocks have gone back ☀️

After a morning where some of the team helped out with Junior Parkrun, getting very soggy socks and having a very quick tea at my flat, we joined forces and gave a welcome to Chloe for her first good deed, and Calvin who came back for more after joining the run on Wednesday! Really great to have you guys join us 😁

We shared our favourite cakes and then played a game of under and over before setting off on our 3.5km run to Mycenae Gardens.

And this was an extra special session because it was GoodGym's power couple Sarah's 350th and Johnny's 450th AND Marta's 800th! That's a lot of goodness they've brought to London - just think how many brambles they've taken out, how much litter they've picked and how many little hands they've high fived in that time! Absolutely amazing.

At Mycenae today we split into teams, one for weeding and the other for lopping branches off trees and dragging the branches down to the much loved dead hedge to keep curious children out of the wildlife protection area. Many hands make light work and before long we were packing up and having a lovely cake provided by the Friends.

All topped off with a lovely local coffee.

Excellent job team! Thanks to Calvin for the pics. On wednesday we're joining with GoodGym Bexley.

Until next time!

What a difference a day makes: after Friday’s rains, Saturday brought sun to South East London and made a 3 Good Gymers very happy. as we had a mission to complete. Today we were back at Mycenae House, a former country house and convent now used for community activities, with a view to finishing what we’d started. For several months we’d been visiting to clear areas of the gardens of brambles, ivy, alkanet and all other sorts of weeds and now we were in the final stretch, the ground being substantially clear with just the last few holdouts remaining to dig out. So work was commenced and after an hour we were done and now we’re looking forward to seeing what the House volunteers have to plant in the cleared space when we’re back in November.

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!