GoodGymers traveled on foot, on two wheels, and even accompanied by four legs to the historic Gunnersbury Park Estate last night. The centenary celebration of the creation of the estate is coming up, so we joined the group of residents to help with a tidy up ahead of the big birthday event.

One by one we arrived to be greeted by a welcoming committee spearheaded by Rosie the dog and fellow GoodGymer Stephen. After treats had been dispensed, we learned there were two separate tasks to be completed. The first was a big gardening job on the green, and the second a paving challenge at the entrance to the estate. So while master masons Chris, Remy and Kash began mixing cement and digging trenches, the rest of the group headed down to the green space.

Led by Tony, we divided up to tackle the extremely spiky trimmings cut down by the tree surgeon, chopping them up into manageable sizes. There was also litter picking to be done, sweeping, clearing and a general tidy up.

We worked until night fell, and headed back up to admire the job done by the paving team. Impressively, in just 45 minutes they had managed to mix cement, dig channels for the paving stones and relay them in prime position. Great work everybody. There was even time to leave the inaugural paw print in the wet cement (just don't tell Rosie).

Next week we will be back for our regular visit to Chiswick House when you will have a treat as Hounslow's newest (almost) qualified run leader will be leading the session....who is it to be? Come along to find out!

The beautiful sunset over Trafalgar Square was the backdrop for our GoodGym session last night. We just had time to soak it up before the Rhythms of Life crew turned up and we were put to straight to work!

It was great to see GoodGymer Clare bring along the Six Senses team for their first session - brilliant to have you join us! Also lovely to have Kisanet from Westminster and Susan from Richmond with us, especially as with 50 guests waiting to be served dinner it was all hands on deck!

We all took our station, serving hot soup, fruit, sandwiches and savoury goods, bread, hot drinks and crisps. Soon the queue was moving and the guests were enjoying the selection. Rhythms of Life is an amazing charity which provides vital food and other resources to rough sleepers in central London. We will be helping them out regularly with this task, which makes a real impact in the community.

Next week we really need help with a session sorting donations at a centre for refugees - at the moment there is only one person signed up so if you can make it then you'd be really making a difference! You can find out the details and sign up here. Hope to see you there!

Thanks for all your help last night everybody, with so many people served hot food, it was an evening well spent.

We piled the posh poo perfectly at Paradise plus some post project PE!

If you think it's hard getting your mouth round that tongue twister you should have seen the challenge we took on last night during our Monday session! Yes, the puns were well and truly flying as we shoveled our way through a mountain of horse poo which had been kindly donated by the posh horses at Richmond riding school.

It was a pleasure to be back at Paradise Cooperative after a little time away. The positivity began early as we met to do our warm up and discuss all the nice things we had done over the weekend. From trips to the dump, football with family, fleabag binging and STP it sounds like everybody made the most of it.

It was a glorious evening for a run which was topped off with a minor miracle. For the first week ever we cracked the code for the gate and the shed first time!

This meant we could get straight on with the mane task at hand. With one team making sure the barrows were filled in a strong and stable manner, it was up to the group to giddy it all up into the compost bins. While we worked we covered lots of conversation points, including the fact that yesterday marked 100 days until it's a very mare-y Christmas! Thanks for all the punspiration team, and especially to Annabel and Sophie for this run report title.

After the task we ran over to Wandsworth common to make the most of the last of the light and knock out a quick tabata session. It was fast and furious and covered all our major muscle groups - well done team!

I mentioned a couple of upcoming sessions that might be of interest, including this one tonight handing out food and other resources for rough sleepers in Trafalgar square and also this one on the following Tuesday in Leicester square sorting donations for a refugee centre that could really do with some more help if you're free!

Next Monday in Wandsworth we're going to be helping out at the Scout Hall, hope to see you there!

If you are all about the dramatic before and after pics then this the run report for you!

Despite the grey skies, nine GGers met at Chiswick Allotments to carry out a couple of big tasks that had a transformative effect on a widely used local resource.

We met with Kouroush, who is chair of the allotments, who divided us up into two groups. One to tackle the road that leads to the plots and one in the yard in front of the shed.

Georgia, Alan, Jon, Michelle and Lucy (once she had scaled the wall) got started on pulling up all the weeds encroaching on the length of the path. From overgrown and messy to clear, clean and tidy - what a difference! Now the entrance to this community space will look so much more cared for and welcoming.

Meanwhile the dream team of Kash, Divya and Gus were tackling the yard. Spades and forks were simply not the one, and within minutes they were dispatched in favour of loppers and shears. Watching out for wildlife they got to it, cutting down ivy and clearing weeds. In between snail talk, RSPB membership, tales of Ealing tasks and even a restaurant recommendation or two, wheelbarrows full of waste was filled. Have a look at the amazing after photos to see just what was achieved. And if that wasn't proof enough then have a look at the photos of Gus' pristine white gloves pre and post task!

There is a community mission which could do with some extra help this weekend, so if you're free why not sign up to this gardening task at Harvard Hill. Happy GGing one and all!

Kudos to the GGers who turned up on a very drizzly evening to make a real difference on the South Bank! It's definitely not easy to leave the warmth, grab a litter picker and battle the growing wind to collect litter, but that's exactly what a group of GGers did last night. It was especially lovely to welcome Kisanet to her first ever group session - we loved having you join us!

We met underneath the London Eye, where the conditions weren't too bad. So we began our tour of the area, collecting bottles, packets and the dreaded cig butts as we went.

Despite the growing gusts and transporting the increasingly heavy bags the time flew by, helped along by our wide ranging conversation - we covered everything from squirrels and vitamin supplements to feminism and the joys of hand sanitiser!

Before long we were racing after bottles rolling in the wind and struggling to keep our bin bags open so we called it a day. Great job everybody. I believe that as well as the inherent good of less rubbish on the street, litter picking also encourages others to take pride in their city and hopefully has a knock on effect!

Next Tuesday we have another really rewarding task handing out food and sorting donations for rough sleepers. I'd love to see you there!