On a cold, crisp night, six GoodGymmers returned to the Groves after Sunday's task to finish clearing the outside space.

The pallet truck was a novelty that caused some excitement (and a lot of noise). We loaded the soil that had been bagged up from the planters onto the truck over two trips and transported it to suitable locations for reuse.

We also cleared the path, removed some buddleia and bagged up all the branches and vegetation we'd left on Sunday.

A job well done.

Our second group run of 2026 saw a whopping 33 people turn up and do some good in their local community. Tonight we welcomed Carys and Rohail who were joining us for the first time. Give them both a big cheer 🎉.

There was plenty more to celebrate as we cheered all those that took part in the Round Sheffield Run, and the crazy folk that ticked off another square on the january bingo card by running/walking or cycling their age at the weekend. We were also able to award the December GGer of the month to Matt who has been pretty much an ever-present at group runs since joining us last year as well as putting in some ridiculous mileage and some very impressive running achievements recently. Well done Matt 💪

Finally we presented Michael with the cape of good deeds for completing his 200th task with GoodGym. What an absolute legend 🏆

It was then off to Millennium Fields with a quick pause for a round of tricep dips and press-ups before arriving at the task. We were greeted by Maeve who got a round of applause for her excellent demonstration of how to invert the soil, before letting us loose with spades. With tools somewhat limited due to the excellent numbers, the GGers doubled up on spades with Martin and Stef on tarp duties (which seemed like a very relaxed job 😎)

Meanwhile a smaller group of 6 headed over to the compost bays to turn them over. I'm fairly sure we've turned over the same compost many times before, but it kept them busy at least!

With the soil inversion in full flow, some GGers were keen to know the What3Words location of the area they were working on so that they could see the progress of the wildflowers later in the year. Nick's slap/epic/deeply being the most memorable location!

There were the usual burying Mitch shenanigans, and we also had some very impressive dance moves from Steve and Leanne to help trample down the wildflower seeds. Then it was time for a group photo before our fitness session

Tonight featured a variation of wink murder with exercises instead of dying! The person in the middle had the task of working out which person in the circle was in charge of the exercises that everyone else was copying. Turns out it was harder than it looked, with Paul Kelly taking several attempts to work out that Ruth was the culprit!

It was then back to the Ackhorne via a quick sprint along one of our strava segments. Fortunately there was the reward of some well deserved cake at the end!

Twelve GoodGymmers arrived soaked from their task at the cemetery to tackle the overgrown buddleia behind Fulford Social Hall. Like locusts they managed the task with incredible enthusiasm and panache! In 20 minutes they had accomplished more than the Parish Councillors could have hoped for.

Next Saturday 17th at 1pm we'll be shredding it all, leaving a completely renewed patio for Fulford Hall.

Today a hardy bunch met Clive at York Cemetery to do some raking

They have a Victorian infant grave area where 16000 crocuses were planted. They needed the area raked of leaves and twigs to make way for these come spring.

Due to the bumper turnout of volunteers, the task was completed in half the time so many headed off to make an earlier start on the 5th and final task of super Sunday.

On a very cold, and quite damp evening 11 super keen Yorkies turned out to brighten up the area around the Acorn rugby club, which often gets quite littery.

We split into two groups to head clockwise and anti-clockwise round the block. Time flies when you're picking up endless plastic bottles and sweetie wrappers, and it was soon time to head back to base, with a bag each filled up. It certainly wasn't hard to complete our "pick up 100 pieces of litter" January bingo square! Best find goes to Michael for the numberplate.

A quick photo and it was time to head home/go for a freezing cold run, according to preference.

Yorkies you are all legends for turning up tonight for our first group run of 2026, in sub zero temperatures! 🥶

It wasn't easy leaving the warmth of our new meeting place in the Ackhorne, but we zipped up and made our way out. We had a pre warm up warm up to keep warm, then welcomed newcomer Daniel (to York anyway), and celebrated Excellent Ed's 500th good deed and adorned him with the cape of good deeds. 👑

We named and numbered off by saying our goal for the year. Many involved not getting injured or getting a PB. We also had racing for the first time, being less late and cooking from a recipe book!

Without further ado we set off for Glen Allotments. The ground was too hard for the original digging task, but the ladies there did a great job in finding us alternatives. We had woodchip spreading, 🪏 , weeding 🌱 , prepping for a dead hedge 🪵 , and litter picking.

Our work was rewarded with some delicious flapjack before an energetic tabata workout to get warm.

We then headed back to base and a few stayed behind for a liquid refreshment at the pub 🍺

Well done gang! you're all superstars and have added to our January target!