8 runners ran 7km to Galleywall Nature Reserve to shift compost, earth and do some weeding

Southwark News

• Cross country season is coming up! One race a month starting in October - a £5 flat fee - Bargain! 6k races for women, 8k races for men. You need to join the GoodGym RaceTeam in order to do it (you have to be UKAthletics affiliated with us) and then all the info on the first race etc is here. Once you've joined the RaceTeam, request to join the Facebook group where you'll get lots of info! Any questions, email axel@goodgym.org

• Next week we're doing a flyer drop for Peckham Festival. There will be different distances to cover and some fitness fun to be had after. Sign up here!

• We're doing a parkrun takeover at Peckham Rye parkrun on 8th September. If you'd like to pace you can sign up on the spreadsheet, otherwise bring your GoodGym tshirt and your lovely self! Find out more here.

That's enough of the business

Last night 8 of us gathered at Old Spike to revisit a task we haven't been to since February! Galleywall Nature Reserve is a little piece of wilderness in Bermondsey that the Friends of Galleywall Nature Reserve have successfully stopped developers from building on for 15 years! We were met there by Alan, Jane and Ollie who set us to work:

• Removing the top layer of twigs from the compost bins to get to the good stuff

• Spreading the good stuff on the allotment

• Moving a dirt pile to be spread by the pond

• Weeding!

Ollie offered us marshmallows and the highlight of the evening was getting to use Southwark's first composting toilet. Alan explained that their toilet is an aerobic composting toilet (not a long drop) which means that things break down more quickly and most importantly, you don't get the bad smells. Aerobic composting toilets are the future! All finished up we set off for the run home. A big thanks to Jane, Ollie and Alan for having us.

Great work team, looking forward to seeing you next week.

Lucy J