10 GoodGymers made quick work of preparing a bumper crop of leaflets ready for our leaflet drop next week. The leaflets were sorted and folded in no time, which meant we could have a chinwag as we finished our drinks before the run back to HQ!

We will be leafletting along the avenues next week, you can sign up here:

Ms D's front garden had some weeds that were starting to get out of hand, and a blanket of fallen leaves was covering the path and blocking the drains. Ms D has limited mobility so needs clear access. After a slow jog there clutching my garden gloves, I got to work with the rake, broom and bucket, and in just over an hour got it all cleared. After working from home all week, it was great to get out, and on such an unseasonably warm day it was a pleasure to be outdoors. Ms D was very pleased with the result.

After a late message to see if anyone else wanted to join us, it was great to end up having ten of us at the task!

We welcomed Bronya and Lucy for the first time, and Leah and Jess for their first GoodGym session for a while.

Ben led us out down the High St for a slightly longer route to Sanctus, and we arrived to our task surprisingly sweaty for a November evening.

Our lovely task owner Sarah showed us the hallway and toilet that could do with a fresh coat of paint, ready for Sanctus' Christmas meal in a few weeks. As we had such a large group, some of the team painted and some gave the chairs and tables a good scrub.

Richard E showed off his professionalism by giving the high corners a quick dust with a paintbrush, whilst the others went straight for pouring paint out. After speaking to Sarah about how many people Sanctus support everyday and seeing the cleaning team working hard, I returned to the painting area to find that Ben had somehow shut Jane, Jess, and Richard P in the toilet, but this clearly helped as they managed to get the whole room finished.

Whilst the last areas of painting and cleaning up were finished, Sarah showed a few of us round and told us more about everything Sanctus does for those who need its help. A great charity and task, and we look forward to returning!

Refreshing to have some different energy in the group this evening, everyone actually wanted to do the same way back to ARU to get a bit more distance in!

Next week, we have leaflet preparations at The Oddfellows.

Also, let's not all be TOO jealous of Sallyann going to San next week.

See you all soon,

Laurie

Nipped down to Mrs S

Six bags of rubbish

One hench goodgymer

Boom goes the firework.

Happy bonfire night!

These dark nights have crept up yet again, and so I was grateful to see Andy and Jen with headtorches. However, Jen's was very disappointing, so we were grateful for street lights!

We chatted and jogged and met Fay and Sallyann with overflowing bags of leaflets. Very appropriately for our #liftthecurfew run, Andy was the only member of the group to identify as a man. He was looking rather fragile in his skeleton t-shirt, but nevertheless Fay thrust a bag of leaflets at him to carry.

For a change, we leafleted the streets behind KFC in Broomfield. We were challenged by our lack of headtorches and surprising door locations, but with Fay's determination to make us complete the task, we delivered all of the beautifully folded leaflets.

Thanks to Andy for the two Halloween poses!

Next week we've got painting at Sanctus.

See you all soon,

Laurie

We got on very well! From funnel time checking, to marshaling, to barcode scanning, to tail walking, to stuff I’ve missed, to…whatever it was Andy did… we did a pop up Goodgym at parkrun.

It also had a number of police officers highlighting the important issue of women’s safety on runs, with lots of survey responses collected. And even a woman getting the coveted 001 Parkrun. Incredible pace.

Remember - Goodgym does also do night safety training for men, to better help understand the issues that women have to go through. 97% of women have been harassed while out running and that is unacceptable.