One could be forgiven for thinking that divine intervention caused the rainclouds to give way to a fine spring evening this Wednesday as a dozen GoodGymers headed out to St Mary's Churchyard in Walthamstow Village. The run to the task tonight was shorter than last week's Odyssey, but it was uphill all the way. Thankfully, there was plenty of energy left for the task which everyone set to with a zeal that would have made Alan Titchmarsh proud.

Thanks in part to recruiting sergeants Kevin and Alex, we welcome three new members to tonight's group run: Jane, Elizabeth and Kirsty all made a big impact on their first run. Well done guys it was great to have you along.

The church's campanologists struck up a soundtrack as we set up the all-important wood-chipper and the crew started moving (heaven and) earth, creating sawdust and piling logs. With one wonky wheelbarrow but an abundance of grit and determination meant enough stuff to create a small island was dugout and relocated to a compost heap.

After packing away our tools, we then headed back to base with a hardcore group taking a long-cut before we all reconvened for a much-needed cool-down session.

Excellent work everyone, hope to see you for our jaunt to Leyton Marsh next week for another task that will make the world a more beautiful place to be.

On a sun-drenched summer evening in Walthamstow, fourteen fantastic runners headed out of Mirth, Marvel and Maud and made a beeline along the Hight Street to The Mill.

The Mills is a fantastic multi-use community cafe, space and soft-play facility which plays host to a large number of little visitors who love to make use of the toys and play space. As we all know, toddlers often don't observe the same hygiene protocol as the rest of us so keeping these toys clean and germ-free could help prevent the spread of all sorts of nasty germs.

With this in mind our band of volunteers set about cleaning, polishing and tidying toys. Toy Story 3 came to mind and if the little playthings could talk, I am sure they would have expressed their gratitude at their bright new sheen.

After, dropping the j-cloths we headed west to a local sports centre for some running drills: sprints, grape-vining, fast-feet and skipping all featured in a breathless session before we headed back to base for some stretches and refreshments for some.