For one reason or another we had missed out on running to help out at the Foodbank for what felt like ages! With the weather nice and toasty and beautiful sunshine in the sky, those of us with fair skin were looking forward to sheltering indoors in the safety of the Foodbank warehouse...only to realise that it was warmer in there than on the mean street of Boscombe!

We had Sean back on our side after a spying mission to GoodGym Poole...(I'm joking!!!) ...I'm surprised he came back really! He won't say it of course but I know he missed us....and we missed him!

Andrew surprised us at the last possible second and then was elated to find out that the Foodbank task was still on! Marianne was back after taking some sensible time off to rest her knee, and was rewarded by it feeling much better this week

Caprice has suffered from a niggle in her foot so took last week off, super missed us and was back again this week back marking like the legend that she is.

It was also great to have Chris and Becca back after a near miss last week!

After introduction and finding out everyone's favourite flavour of ice creams....most voted were Mint Chocolate Chip (4) and Pistachio (4). Mint Choc was winning until we met up with Amber and she added her vote to Pistachio on our way back!

Alex was super happy to see us and had quite a few jobs for us to do. Hannah, Amber and Marianne went to sort through baby clothes donations and managed to strike some great poses along the way. Becca and Chris had to bring up empty crates from downstairs and stack them back in the right places and then set about sorting through donations on their first visit to the Foodbank.

Andrew led the cardboard box recycling effort and the rest of the gang got into making food parcels and sorting through donations. They managed to make up

11 PARCELS

weighed them, Neil breaking the machine, and then stacking them on a shelf ready to be collected in the next few days. After 30 minutes our time was up and we had to make our way back to Flirt the most direct route to try and shave some time off the clock and get there before 8pm.

Lovely evening for a run, helping another great organisation and hanging out with friends! Next week we're hoping to do a little more gardening so come along!

A very soggy day, that according to the weather forecast was supposed to clear up toward GoodGym time....well....the weather forecast was WRONG!!!!

With the promise of a get together and some beach time to go with it 14 lovely people hoped for the best and turned up to do some good!

Due to the weather we changed our plan from a beach clean to a Boscombe Garden clean. So a longer run and probably a lot more litter to hope for....well.....Bournemouth is pretty clean on Wednesdays!!

But after filling a few bags and then sorting through them for recycling....didn't want our Sarah coming after us....we made friends with a guy who had litter picked half a bath....and set off on our way back to Bournemouth Pier...somewhere in the foggy distance!

After 6.5km and getting very wet through a mix of rain and mugginess we got back to our meet location to gather our things and get together at the pub for some food and drinks!

Always lovely to hang out with our GoodGym family!!!

Next week we are gardening!!!

Despite some very miserable weather we had 11 brave souls turn up eager for a run and to do some good in Bournemouth and visit a new task....the Church and graveyard that is Mary Shelley's resting place, the famous novelist who wrote Frankenstein!

It looked like it might stop....or maybe it was just wishful thinking on all our parts! It was a steady drizzle and it didn't ease off....so out came all our rain gear!

Chris and Becca came to their first ever group run with us and were not deterred by the weather....so many other first timers I'm sure thought.....hmmmm next week may be a better task to start on. Well done for coming along guy, getting stuck in on a pretty miserable task and being up for a laugh too! We hope to see you again soon!

Andrew surprised us with a visit and we surprised him with a change of task! Always double check the website before setting off guys, especially if you haven't signed up as you won't get an update unless you have. I'm sure you have no regrets Andrew!? Right????

Abi was able to join us again but didn't bring her super stealthy waterproof bottoms....with Chris as back marker and the gang raring to go we set off through the gardens to take cover amongst the trees and make the run a little longer as the location of the task was not very far from our meeting point. 4.5km later...

.....we reached St Peter's Church, Jane had been working outside for a while and met us by the main entrance with lots of tool to help us with our task of cleaning the church surroundings. We had leaf claws...or merman tails....brooms, bags, gloves and brushes. All the kit we needed to do an amazing job.

Off we split into groups and soon forgot about the weather. Filling black bin bags with leaves, rubbish, make up kits, socks,

a picnic bench

metal covers and a sooooooooooooooooo many cigarette butts!! Unreal! Thank God....I mean thank goodness we had gloves!!!!!

After filling up 2-3 bags and getting progressively colder and wetter we decided there was not much more to do, we said our good byes to Jane, who was super grateful and invited us back to help clean the inside of the church next time! Wohoo!

Great to help a new community group that really needs our help, even more rewarding!

Well done everyone! Thank you for braving the weather....Amber hope you have a great holiday and don't get sick....good karma should be on your side! Especially if you take your new GoodGym t-shirt with you!!!!

Next week we are doing a beach clean and combining it with a social.....so do a sunshine dance every day until Wednesday!

Have a great end to the week!!!