A change to our Wednesday evening schedule meant an impromptu litter pick for 7 Greenwich GoodGym-ers. After a warm up and an exchange of Autumn/Winter resolutions (more Goodgym at the top of the list for all of us obviously!) we had a downhill run to Anchor & Hope lane in Charlton, where lots of litter was waiting for us to trundle away.

Bottles, tins, cigarette boxes, newspapers, coffee cups, crisp bags, crunchie wrappers & everything in between ended up in our bags as we worked our way along the supermarket strip of Charlton.

Much chatter speeded the task along, and we'd some full bags to show for our efforts by the time an autumn shower rained on our parade (of shops) signalling the task end and a run for dry land.

This weekend we have Mycenae Gardens and tree planting at Roots4Life.

Thanks all & hope to see you soon 😊

Early on Sunday morning, two Goodgymers helped to set up for the CABAHS plant sale at Charlton House. As well as lots of plants, there was a spooky atmosphere with a ghost and skeleton trail! Jobs included setting up the tables, bringing out a huge array of plants, erecting a very uncooperative gazebo and hanging curtains on a very wobbly ladder (thank you Ivar for keeping it steady!). There was just time for a quick go on ‘Splat the Slug’ before we headed off.

Until next time! :)

Last night, 9 of us made our ways to St Luke's in Charlton, a few of us walking and some of us running the 3.5km from the Royal Naval College. A special welcome to Syd on his first task with us - great to have you along and hope to see much more of you over the coming months!

We soon got to work polishing pews, shining brass, scraping wax off tables and giving the church a good old hoover - it smelt lovely after just half an hour (where did the time actually go?!) and then we took a picture and headed out.

Lovely to see you all, as always!

On Sunday we've got helping out CABAHS at the Horn Fair and next Wednesday we're at Charlton Manor Primary School.

Until next time,

Rachel

An ace team of litter-pickers tackled the Woolwich Road near Charlton station today! Someone was obviously making exotic drinks today but that pineapple top was soon dealt with. It's true that the people of Charlton like a party - two big bags of cans and bottles today were included in our 8-bag total. And, as usual a nice cuppa at M&S afterwards - we'll wait until later for the cocktails!

On Wednesday we were a merry trio on a trip to clean some staffroom cupboards at the lovely Brooklands Primary School. Julian and I enjoyed a mild 4km run over and Ivar walked from home, beating us there. After a while trying to get in the building with our ineffective fob, the cleaner thankfully spotted us and let us in and we got to work, clearing out the cupboards in the staff room which were full of all sorts of wonderful surprises including an instant rice packet which was crawling with flies... We thought the ick factor probably outweighed any nutritional value (or more accurately I screamed, put it in the biiiin!) It's fair to say the staff room needs a little TLC, all of the care going to the kids at this lovely school. We'll be back for more jobs here soon!

Next week we're at St Lukes and the following at Charlton Manor.

Until next time!

Rachel

It was the pacers week today at Charlton park run. We were fortunate having some last minute volunteers helping out to support the event. In total there were 12 pacers ranging from pacing 20 to 42 minutes. Thirty new comers who travelled from Kent to other parts of London visited us today. Fifty-six runners achieved new PBs in this pleasant weather and conditions. The 210th event was concluded with groups of friends and families taking photos after the event and socialising at the cafe afterwards. Photo was taken by Charlton park run.