10 GoodGymers came along for a Bank Holiday Special and of course Patrick's 500th Good Deed!

We started the evening about all the amazing things Patrick has achieved over the last four years. He has been a Run Leader and Taskforce Member for Islington for many years, attends both Hackney and Camden group runs regularly, does a huge amount of missions and of course has visited his coach weekly for over 3 years. Patrick is the fourth person to reach 500 Good Deeds, that's absolutely brilliant! I can't put into words how GoodGym has benefited from Patrick doing so much for so long, he is legend, he is king!! Woop Woop!

Erm back to normal GG business I suppose, in the news:

1. There is a monthly GoodGym social on Thursday in Peckam - see full details here.
2. Community Mission in Islington helping CREOS on Sunday 19th May - full details here

After congratulating Patrick for his huge achievements we warmed up and headed West and a bit North to Barnsbury Square Gardens. There we met the lovely Lucy who is the head of the Friends of Barnsbury Square Gardens. She explained the biggest task they needed doing was loosening up the ground, because of the tree's taking the available moisture and people using the park the ground gets quite compact! Our job was to turn over as much ground as possible.

Hail King Patrick!

We split into three groups across the square and worked hard over the 35 minutes to get lots done. Patrick talked to me about the how volunteering has massively impacted his life over the last four years (and more), how he takes a lot of pride in the work he as an individual and we as a GoodGym group do to help our community. Meanwhile Ben and Claire were making shapes with the area they dug over, this included Australia, potentially Germany and definitely a fish! Lucy was very pleased with our great work, we'll be back to continue on 17th June :)

After we consumed some extra special yummy biscuits we took a group picture and then headed back to base for a stretch and an early finish.

Next week I am in Sofia so Chi (Run Leader) will be leading the group - you'll be going to the Rose Bowl, sign up here.

PB out