Southwark News

• Next week's run is shorter and a brand new task! It's 2km there and 2km back and we're painting the playground walls at Goodrich Community Primary School. Don't wear brand new kit - it might get painty! Find out more and sign up here.

• Next Thursday we're hosting the monthly GoodGym Social at Batch! From 6.30pm onwards, speeches - including International Pun of the Month, Heroes and Treasure Thursdays (bring your medals) from 8.30pm. Come along and raise a glass!

• Saturday 18th May Nunhead Cemetery need our help in the morning setting up for their Open Day. Find out more and sign up here.

• Saturday 1st June we're taking over Dulwich parkrun! We'll be providing volunteers and pacers so sign up and indicate your volunteer preferences on the spreadsheet.

That's enough of the business

Last night 15 runners ran 11km to Surrey Docks Farm to help out. We were greeted by Gemma at the farm who talked us through the various tasks and we got to work:

• Moving muck from one heap to another so it could be collected.

• Clearing muck from beside the fence to get to the original trench.

• Weeding and clearing around the vegetable garden.

• Ivy cut back from around the vegetable plots.

• Cleaning the windows of the pig pen.

We managed to get the trench cleared, lots of muck moved, a very full wheelbarrow of weeds out and a two tonne bag of ivy cut back. Phew! The farm is having piglets soon and sadly after last year when 12 of them were stolen, they're increasing security for the pigs. We then went to meet the baby goats!

Shout out to Gemma who joined us for her first ever group run and Daniel who joined us for his third! Nice one!

Baby goats galore and we learnt about a new breed - the anglo-nubians! David proved himself to be quite the goat-whisperer. We were a little delayed due to the goat-petting but we made it all the way back via transport or our own two feet for a slightly late finish.

Great work team, see you next week!

Lucy J