The winter nights are truly with us now as we had a crisp late November in Brixton where Charlotte and Tilly met AA Yianny before we set off to our task.

We had a few people running late who would meet us at Holy Trinity and we were delighted to welcome along Rhiannon fir her first GG session, great to have you with us! Also meeting us there were our resident cyclists Marie-Noelle and Paul, Lambeth legend Michael and of course Nicole, Adam and HT volunteers and Father Nature himself James, it was a bumper group for a bumper task.

HT had received two truckloads of steaming woodchip and we divided into two groups, one shovelling into the wheelbarrows and the other running it up to Ivy's garden at the back to spread it in the orchard.

It felt like a new record was set with many tens of barrows being wheeled up but if you tried to count them all it would leave you barking...... ;0)

We wrapped with a reminder that in two weeks we are back at HT for our Christmas / end of year task and social (along with a chance to see the new hall in all its' glory) so do check that one out and get signed up - we will head to the pub afterwards for a GG quiz and drinks. https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/holy-trinity-carol-prep-gg-christmas-party-tuesday-s-group-run

Huge thanks to all and see you next time.

Last night was a chilly one -- temperatures headed down towards freezing however the rain thankfully cleared and we were able to stay dry if not entirely unfrozen.

Ben and Yianny met at Papa's while Tilly headed directly to the task as she was carrying precious cargo (more shortly) where we were met by Jonathan who was covering for Mohah to let us in.

After the usual issues with the annoying padlock we managed to get in without having to break in which was great and Mohah had helpfully sprayed all of the items that were to be disposed of.

There were an incredible range of items including bed frames, timber, plastic items and everything in between so the three of us cracked on wheelbarrowing and carrying as much as we could over to the estate bins round the corner. This was a classic GG task with large piles of 'stuff' that needed to get from one place to another, so proper fitness was got.

It was muddy, it was soggy, our fingers were frozen but it was good fun and it was all worth it as Tilly had baked for the sweepstake and made delicious (I mean honestly they were amazing) Black Forest cookies.

We didn't quite manage to clear everything so one more session before year end is in order - keep your eyes open on the website for that one.

Thanks to all and see you at the next one :0)

We are back for our final session of the year! GoodGym x Brompton were together again this month making a difference in the local community as a group of 15 Brompton volunteers across 2 cohorts headed to Horsenden Farm to help out.

The group set off from Brompton HQ with the threat of sunshine breaking through the clouds and made our way down the canal to the farm and home of the Gruffalo (see pic). Elsa briefed us on the task ahead - shifting all the logs from the top paddock in order to clear it for the ponies who are incoming soon! The group grabbed shovels and wheelbarrows and headed down to bring as much wood over to be split for kindling as well as putting the dried bramble on the dead hedge.

While the group moved back and forth with barrows full of logs one person would stay behind at the log-pile and use the wood splitter (no axes due to health and safety I'm afraid!), splitting as many logs as possible into quarters to be stacked in the pile and used at a later date.

By the end of the session pretty much every log had been shifted, boulders also moved and brambles built into the hedge and so it was time to hand back our gloves, say goodbye to the boys (the billy goats) and head back down the canal to base.

A big thank you to everyone for all the great work and wishing you all a great end to the year! :0)

Last night we headed back down to Thorlands Gardens to meet Simon and carry on the mammoth task of taking the work forward there.

We had a smaller group with AA Yianny meeting Ben and Tilly at Papa's and Michael making his was directly to the task. After a very pleasant conversation espousing the wonderful decade that was the 80s we set off on the 2ish km run down to Thorlands.

Simon was running a bit late so we didn't have long but with the 20 minute window available we headed over to the community garden grabbing a wheelbarrow full of tools, a few large cardboard boxes and we were ready to shovel the clay and woodchip mix onto the cardboard beds.

We split up the boxes, laid them as Simon directed then covered them over so that the foxes couldn't see the edges and destroy them and tidied some of the rubbish that we found.

Big thanks to all for the work and the great conversation and see you all next time! :0)

Last night we had a bumper group of GoodGymers (perhaps enticed out by the promise of baking?) and we were heading over to Jubilee Primary School to clear their planting garden.

First up let's welcome two new and new-ish GGers to the Lambeth group - Laura and Rose it was lovely to have you with us - and a warm welcome back to Paul who had been away for a while but brought Laura and Rose with him!

We also had Claire (?!)... sorry Charlotte back with us after a while out with injury and travels and to top off the returnees Task Force hero Nathan was back as well, welcome back guys.

Our team was rounded out by Ben fresh off his Community Mission heroics on Sunday, Michael and of course Fi who was down to bake this evening after her baker left Bake off - baking hell that's awesome!

It's a flat and fast run to JPS and we made great time so had plenty to get through all the weeding and leaf clearance in preparation for the planting garden to be used by the children to develop their green fingers.

By 8pm we had gathered 8 black bags full of garden waste and litter and deposited them into the bins (see before and after pic). Nice work team.

Then came the big moment, time to try Fi's brownies and I can report that they didn't disappoint, they were delicious!

Big thanks to everyone and see you all next time :0)

We had so much going last night so let's get straight into it!

First up the new GGers - we were delighted to be joined by Ellie and Gabriella for their first ever session - great to have you with us guys.

Next we were celebrating bringing up Tilly's ton - her 100th Good Deed - what a fantastic achievement Tilly, well done. To cap it off Tilly also baked delicious blondies for the group!

Then we were also supporting the #Let'sLiftTheCurfew campaign from This Girl Can. GoodGym is proud to offer a safe and welcoming space for women to run during the darker months and last night we spoke about this before the session headed out. For more information on the campaign check out the Sport England website.

And so with Ben working his way through to his next milestone, Run Leader Lucy back with us in Lambeth after a while and legend Michael we set of to meet Mohah, Marie-Noelle and Paul down at Swan Mews.

Our job was simple but fun - shift tonnes (running theme tonight) of compost from the bags to the planters so that the patients of the surgery can use them to plant and garden to support their mental and physical wellbeing.

By the end of the session we had moved at least two and a half bags so 2500kgs of compost which is not to be sniffed at (seriously I wouldn't) and then everyone was ready to wash up and head back towards base at Papa's. Those of a younger disposition then branched off and headed to the pub to toast Tilly's achievement and polish off the blondies.

Huge thanks to all and see you next time :0)