Eastville Park was busy on Saturday with a community event running at the pop up cafe, so after a quick check-in with Andy, we made our way down to the lake. Luckily the forecast rain held off and as can be seen from the before and after photos, by scraping, hoeing and wheelbarrowing we were able to make fantastic progress clearing weeds and moss from both sides of the lake, getting so carried away that we slightly exceeded the time scheduled for the task! We returned to the Nissan hut for a group photo and a cuppa and perhaps a slice of cake! Well done everyone! See you next time!

A dry GoodGym group run, led by Richard and Alice - what a treat after last week's soaking! It did mean the ground was more willing to give up the bindweed and bramble roots when we could finally get that close to the ground!

Jo and Di were, once again, really pleased with not just the progress but also the lovely chatter that's always around GoodGym Bristol. That and the bramble trampling to fit even more in the dumpy sacks (definitely a job for someone in wellies rather thsn trainers).

It's definitely head torch season for running and outdoor tasks but nice to arrive and see the whole task before the dark seems to hide it all.

The GoodGymmers were soon pulling, cutting and dragging bindweed from the plants it was strangling, then the bramble and buddleia bashing and sawing to reveal as much of the lovely grasses as possible. We also took the time to admire the difference in the areas we'd already weeded.

It was great to see some old GoodGym friends back with us, and thanks to Clo lots of us went on our first "normal" GoodGym Eats for over 18 months with lovely burgers at Three Brothers.

A great night out with great buddies :-)

Two running groups, a cycling group and a scooting person set off from Queen Square after a very slick welcome speech...

Thankfully, all four groups arrived at the SouthVILLE Centre for indoor (mask-wearing) and outdoor painting, sweeping and weeding including the Pagoda Roof Challenge with Phill braving the outdoor ladder whilst Nathalie scaled the indoor version supported by Katie who'd returned to GoodGym after a bit if a break.

Maria, who'd already led the running contingent, and Vaguely Northern Darren had a competition to see who could reach the highest.

We celebrated Alice's birthday frim last weekend and Matt's this weekend plus discussing parkrun plans and possible Atlantic Splash shenanigans.

Everyone was finding places to sweep and paint, often themselves, and Hugh was very grateful for the progress made.

4 Goodgymers answered the call and ran, walked and cycled to marshall at junior parkrun so that the mini parkrunners could run, walk and skip around the course. Not too many miles, but lots of smiles. Well done Deborah Paul and Joanne