There were GoodGymers and milestones galore this evening for our visit to North End Baptist Church.

Congratulations to Abby on her 200th Good Deed (and cape-wearing efforts!) and to Katie on her 400th!

There was no divide-and-conquer this evening, with everyone taking on firstly the front garden and then back. Weeds were pulled, litter was picked and the area generally spruced up.

Plenty of caterpillar friends were made along the way, and the poo-enthusiasts of the group had fun differentiating between cat and fox dollops.

Deacon Catherine was very impressed with the team's efforts. Well done, everyone!

After some very wholesome plant-dealing in the FCC car park, we made our return to PARCS, this time to tidy up their front garden.

Nia and Maura met us at the task and had already cleared a significant amount of litter before the running squad had even arrived!

Katie was back as our bin-jumper-in-chief and Dave was so inspired he even had a turn at the end of the session.

I think there were new levels of euphemism reached this evening - I am genuinely impressed. Not sure there was anything quite PG enough for the Run Report this evening!

The team made swift work of pruning the hedge and de-weeding the driveway - I'm sure the team will be very impressed when they're back in the morning!

This evening we got to put not only our decorating skills to the test, but also push our muscles to the limit!

Everyone got stuck in to giving all the tortoise enclosures a lick of paint, before a splinter group helped list a massive tortoise shed on to a platform. Bernice, the task owner, thought she was going to need to hang out a local gyms to find some muscle men to help, but with a bit of logic, physics, and good old fashioned GG willpower, our little team succeeded!

We'll be back next week and hopefully more of the tortoises will be waking up to see us!

It was so lovely to see Catherine for an early morning litter pick (give her a cheer!)

This hidden passageway off Elm Grove is a thing of beauty, with its wall art and displays from the neighbouring school. But it was spoilt by the litter and the fly-tipping.

30 minutes later, with help from a local resident, and it was as clean as it deserves to be. And Portsmouth folk are as friendly as ever, giving thanks and appreciation as they passed by.

60 more cans added to the ChangeX Green Plan challenge sees GG smash another task.

A great mix of foods were donated this evening and helped fill out a number of the containers.