9 GoodGymers did an amazing job helping Newtown Community Association with weeding, litter-picking and preparing a compost for autumn.

It felt like a proper autumn day with rain showers and strong winds blowing the leaves of the trees but we could not have had a nicer time than getting together to get fit whilst doing good!

The evening started with 6 of us meeting in Belmont Park for a fitness session. We ran laps in the park, with some fartlek, and did a circuit session so that we got a full body workout. Andy even got some reaction-training when a dog tried to get involved with his planking ha ha ha! Super good work everyone!

When the fitness session was completed we went over to the task location where we met the rest of the gang. We started with a safety briefing and an introduction, which included sharing what you LEAST favorite meal is (fry-up, rice-pudding, marmelade and cheese were some of the thing mentioned). It was brilliant to welcome Sam who is a experienced GoodGymer but new to Exeter. We hope you enjoyed the session and that we get to see you soon again!

Working at the task we had a lovely time chatting and catching up with each other and as usual we were amazed with how much we got done.

In one hour we:

• Weeded 2 long alleyways
• Emptied a compost bin
• Cleared the area of litter
• Filled up all pots with manure

Speed-weeding! Only the GoodGym can do that!

It was also lovely to have some local residents popping by to thank us for out work! Such a great evening all around!

I hope you all had good runs and bike rides home afterwards. It is getting very dark in the evenings so make sure you wear reflectives and head-torches for safety. Next week we are continuing with some more gardening tasks in Newtown and I hope to see you then! Have a great week!