12 GoodGymers ran 1k and shovelled 32 tonnes of mulch to reach our pathway goal!

Thank you to everyone who could make and wanted to make my last session as Group leader.

Starting the session with a running loop around the perimeter of London Fields to get us rolling for the session ahead!

Delighted that after about 10 sessions of graft on the pathway we reached out target and the conservation area now has a great mulch pathway which will allow year round accessibility to the educational and park users as they get to use the pathway to experience the bio-diverse area.

Some fresh mulch was very useful and having Peter fixing 3 barrows, and having an extra barrow really boosted productivity!! An amazing cheer squad from some well hydrated locals helled our push along the pathway together with some quality workout tunes to keep us in rhythm as we shoveled.

Great team work, stories, graft and laughs made for a very productive hour of GG action!!

With the pathway complete we headed off to hang out as a GG group one last time! Awesome to remember the best and worst tasks we had done together over the last nearly decade of GoodGym action.

Its been a blast to hang out with such a fun group both tonight and everyone of the weeks over the last 9 years!

Always Love

Joel

Wetting the Baby tree's heads to celebrate Vinney reaching 50 GoodGym GoodDeeds!!

Helping our friends at the Stoke Newington common user group who keep all the good stuff going strong on the common.

After our weeding efforts a few weeks ago the shrubs on the mound and baby trees were looking health but thirsty. so after grabbing the trolley and filling up 120 liters of water we hauled it first over to the mounds to water the shrubs then after a quick refill of the water over to the newly planted baby trees to keep them happy, healthy and hydrated!!

All complete we headed off to celebrate 50 GoodDeeds for the GG legend Vinney!!

Great effort from the squad on Wednesday evening!!

Not ideal weather but great graft making a big debt in our pursuit of the perfect mulch path through the conservation area in London Fields!!

Welcoming Piers for his first GoodGym session and Vinny getting ever so close to 50 GoodDeeds!

Grabbing the Wheelbarrows and shovels from the from the pavilion and heading across the park to the mulch pile. where we got into perfect sync with piling the mulch high before a speedy barrow run 400 metres there and back to the pathway.

50 loads of mulch and the pathway quadrupled in size! Will keep more people on the pathway when they visit and hopefully make it a more inviting exploring route. Great to protect the vegetation and ecosystem that lives just off the main path so the area can thrive year round!

Quality work team!!

4 GoodGymers Plogged there way along the Hackney section of the Regents Canal.

Head torches, bags, litter pickers, gloves and a smile was all we needed as we headed off to clear as much rubbish away from the Regents Canal tow path!

Aiming to reduce the contaminants that get into the canals ecosystem to help it to thrive as well as making a safer more enjoyable route for all the walkers, runners and cyclists to use as they navigate through the Borough.

A potential celebrity sighting (undone by head torch glare). Lots of very encouraging and thankful comments in great company with some fun chats in luckily lovely weather (for February) made for a quality time which was super productive grabbing 4 big bags full of rubbish!

Enjoyed the task and look forward to doing it again!!

7 GoodGymers helped sort and give a truck load if essentials to Westminster's homeless community.

Great to be helping Get Rid Of And Donate in 2024 and their amazing work with the Capitals vulnerable communities. After meeting at Green Park, 4 if the group ran 2k to make our way over to Charing Cross and meet the rest of the crew.

Andrea was there and we got cracking! Setting out all the big warm clothing, bedding, shoes and coats ready for those that need to take. Off the back of the van bags, sleeping bags, ground mats and sleeping bag insulation was given out.

A hectic but impactful for so many task to really help those in need of a little help as we move through the Winter weather.

60 minutes and the donations were taken to new owners before we ran off into the night with a task complete.