What a beautiful Spring evening to be heading out on our Lambetrh Group Run! It was gloriously bright and sunny but with a chill in the air - perfect running conditions - and many GGers were seeing each other in natural light for the first time!!

A warm welcome to James who was joining a Group Run for the first time, it was lovely to have you with us and another great addition to the Lambeth community! It was also lovely to have Task Force star Sarah back after a period away having been very unwell - we are glad to have you back. Lastly Aimee thanks for venturing out to meet us after your HIIT session, your glasses didn't impair your weed picking in the slightest!

Tonight's category controversy was around pizza toppings where the consensus was that burgers should not be found anywhere near them.

Tonight we were heading back to the Weir Link to help out Lizzie who had left us some hand tools and bags to clear away the weeds around the front of the centre. Despite the task name it was in fact the Dandelions we came to clear not the Daffodils, don't panic folks, no daffs were harmed during the making of this task!

It's a 2 mile each way run so a challenging but manageable distance for this group and luckily it's slightly uphill on the way out meaning a coast downhill heading back.

The team made a decent dent in the work with (Good) Jim looking on - see pics - split between those with hand tools digging up roots and the rest pulling up the weeds by hand. With the central section cleared and a good stretch of border also done it was tome to head home.

There was time for one last pizza based bit of trivia from Kaz who shared a New Zealand delicacy (?!) of pizza base with canned spaghetti on top..... The less said the better I think ;0)

On arrival back at Papa's a handsome ginger moggy decided to join in the session and came stealthily into the hall - thanks Michael for ushering him back out so we could lock up and head home!

Thanks everyone and see you at the next one !!

6 awesome GoodGym-mers met with the lovely Tom at Hillside Gardens on this lovely sunny Saturday morning and we all split into pairs to get some jobs done. These included weeding around the gooseberry bushes then laying down woodchip, loading up wheelbarrow loads of woodchip for the allotment path, pruning down some dying shrubs that were showing little signs of life at the bases :) and enjoying a cup of tea and double decker bars that Tom kindly offered to us. We also found a Newt, who we named Nigel. He was hiding behind the weeds on the wall, and was very cute. We left him be and covered him up with some leaves to give him back some privacy. All in all a great session - thanks to those who came !

And so last night we were back helping out Blind Aid with a painting task! I'll keep this report (thankfully) brief as this was the second in a series of 3 tasks to get this job done.

Let's start with welcoming Ali to her first GG Group Run, great to have you with us Ali!! And also a very warm welcome back to Magda who has been away dealing with injuries but was back for the first time in ages last night and we were delighted to see her with us!

This evening's category was 'things you find in a teacher's draw' with bonus points for Ali's evocative Blue Tack with random staples and fluff example.

It's a short run over to the task which is good as we needed all the time we could get and the main challenge this evening was how to get 11 of us into a very small space - don't ask how we managed but think of Clown Cars at the circus meets Tetris and you have some idea.

In Team 1 inside the main room Frances showed uncanny skill with the masking tape, as did Lindy on the fine brush work followed by heavy roller while Magda is clearly not to be messed with seeing as how she tapped down the dust sheets like a professional...... Team 2 on corridor duty saw Michael wielding a threatening looking mini roller, Paul painting as much wall as fairy lights and Marie-Noelle who was official washer-upper and paint distributer.

We had more rollers, more brushes, lots of paint, No More Nails and masking tape so we made the best of it all and by the end we had done a very big chunk of what needed doing. Prizes go to Katie for having the most paint on herself, Vicky for agreeing to take the rollers home to wash and Clare for ensuring we didn't wander off in the wrong direction on our way home!

Well done everyone, one more session to go and we can look back proudly on our work - have a great week all!