T'was a wonderful summer Sunday, as we gathered to attend,

Another GoodGym mission, for which our hands were asked to lend,

A hand to paint a clubhouse, in lovely Batheaston,

That needed a lift, with some urgent redecoration.

We met at the George, but we were only a few,

Aaron and Meyrick and Becca, who to GoodGym was new,

These were the runners, heading for the task,

We jogged across countryside, over river and grass

We were initially lost, as What3Words was wrong,

But to our good fortune Becca's navigational skills were strong,

A five minute walk and we were no longer lost,

Finding the clubhouse, where we found Richard and Cos

Painting was the task, and we took to it like pros,

Rollers and brushes, magnolia and gloss,

We naturally aced it and finished the job,

And our hosts, rightly delighted, rewarded us with grub.

Today's Group Run was a bit of a moist one. We met at The Bridge House, welcomed (brand new to GG 🎉) Becca, and on a liquid theme, discussed our favourite flavours of soup...

Weeding at the House of Reading...

Our task was at Upper Norwood Library Hub, a pillar of the Crystal Palace community, hosting everything from book clubs to choirs (as we got to experience!). As a non-profit they rely on volunteers to support them, so we'd been drafted in to clear the car park of weeds and do some window cleaning too!

After a brief rain stop under a tree (featuring squats and treesits), we ran through the park to the Library and equipped ourselves with all the gear.

Steve, Nick, Mike and Becca handled all the weeds and brambles whilst Holly and I cracked on with cleaning the windows.

Gardening gloves were no match for these brambles... but we finished up with four bags of foliage and three pretty clean windows.

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The run back was littered with puddles to dodge but we made it back and stuck around for a quick bevvy in the pub.

Props to Becca for the pun - What an entrance!