It's officially headytorch season, I feel like that has come back around quick and caught us a little off guard! Don't forget headtorches going forward.

The small but mighty group were on there way over to Seniors and the rest of us were meeting at the task. Once we were all regrouped, we made our way into the garden to be assigned with tasks for the eve.

There was a lot of carrying of watering cans and buckets which the Senior's team find hard to do so it's good we can tick this one off their list.

There was also moving of the potato plants of varying weights, planting of winter flowers, removing bindweed and pruning of the chilli plants! A variety of tasks and we were rewarded for our efforts with some house plant to take home.

Whilst we were working away at Seniors, making her way to the task was slightly delayed as Jane was helping someone who had fallen over and required an ambulance. I'm sure the person was very grateful you were able to stop and stay with them in that situation!

We ended the group run by enjoying some doughbuts to celebrate Steve's birthday, he had to share it with the Big Half so it was only fair we had our own celebration! And welcome back to Maria!

Next week, the listing says we shall be going to The Albany, but we could be going to Heston Nature Reserve instead. Hopefully all will be confirmed before the weekend.

One of those are edible and one of those is stinky but excellent for the plants!! A gaggle of GoodGymers went up and over the hills to meet us at Seniors, whilst those of us meeting at the task had a lovely chat with our hosts for the evening.

Once we'd arrived we set about assigning jobs for the evening, who wanted to dig, who wanted to rip up some comfrey leaves, who wanted to water and who wanted to tackle a delicate job of digging out some seedlings.

There's always a task for everyone and Monday evening was no different except at Senior's there always seems to be a last minute rush for the hosepipe or a last minute dash to make sure something is watered. On Monday we had to make sure the comfrey tea fertiliser was topped up with water so when we come back in September we can water over the plants and give them the goodness.

Tonight we were celebrating Darryl's birthday which meant cupcakes and a drink at the Blythe Hill Tavern for those not running back to Glass Mill.

Thanks to Paul for leading the group safely to Seniors whilst I'm still waiting on the sign off from the physio! Next week is a brand new task so sign up!!

Life can be unpredictable and it’s how you react to it that counts. Case in point: a group of GoodGymers braved one of our longest and hilliest regular runs to Seniors Centre, only to find that… our hosts were a no-show and our task was cancelled.

Nil desperandum, though, as we were just one more climb away from Blythe Hills Fields, where we were greeted not only by the regular views across SE London but also a help-yourself bag dispenser – this could mean only one thing… an impromptu litter-pick!

Whilst the bags were small, so was our available time and, as it turned out, the amount of litter to be picked. This all worked out nicely for a small group with 10 – 15 mins to kill before the long run home.

Apologies must go to Kirsti who, having been told after her first 2 tasks with the group (BOTH litter-picking) that we DO do different things… I promise it’s true!

A small but mighty group headed up and over the hills to Seniors to tackle the big tasks in the garden. Our visits mean that the Gardening Team don't have to be turning the compost or digging the vegetable beds.

We ran and cycled over to Seniors to be greeted by Alice and team who needed our help with the compost, planting sweetcorn and tomatoes, planting a herb garden and watering the garden.

We got stuck into it and before long Oli was an expert at planting plants following Alice's process and even managed to not get any of the stinky but nutrient dense alkinet "tea" on him.

After some confusion with the hosepipe and lawnmower, it was time to down tools and pick up our mode of transport for the group photo. Once we were assembled and multiple photos taken it was time to bid our farewells.

Some of us tackled the hills to Glass Mill and one of us enjoyed the down hill cycle to Catford...

I'll be honest, I don't know how we got to a week later without the run report when it contained some of the best group photos GG Lewisham has ever seen!!

Anyway, straight to it, we were returning to Seniors after a little break because we got so booked up! But we were back and there was lot's to be doing in the garden.

First up, there was a challenge that Marta and Steve rose to which was to fix the hose that connects to the outdoor tap and in turn fills the water butts. It required Steve running home and back as he had the part - thank you!! I'm pleased to write that it was fixed!

Next we had Paul and Julian turned the compost and then shoveling the good stuff onto the rose beds.

We also had Mo and Sarah potting up some seedlings and then doing something with some stinky "tea" that involved stewing alkinet..

Finally Oli tackled the weeding around the patio.

But wait where was Julian...he was caterpillering around and we nearly thought he might be stuck and wouldn't be able to get to the Blythe Hill Tavern!

Lot's of tasks done for the garden team at Seniors and ones that they would struggle to get done themselves.

On a wet evening only the toughest (or foolish) GoodGymer's were out doing good in the borough! It was time for a trip to Senior's, little did we know what was in store...

On arrival, there was no one to be seen, we checked all the rooms, even the cafe (with much concern that Steve should not be left to go alone) but we didn't check the basement, we didn't think everyone would be down there!!

The task for the evening was to help clear the basement. We had been down there many a times to collect the Christmas decorations and marveled at the things that were down there. This was now our chance to dig deeper. The only problem is no one from Senior's wanted to throw anything away! Not even the boiler collection notes from 2011...

One team of Oli and Louise were tasked with going through the DVD's and removing any inappropriate ones. A task that was very subjective to everyone's tastes in films (Oli's = classic 90's films).

Another team of Alison and Paul tackled the paperwork dating back from 20 years ago!!

And Lindsay and Steve went up and down those stairs taking things to the bins and also labeling boxes!

The photos don't even do justice the variety of items that we found! Great work tonight team, I think we made a dent in the many many items in the basement!