Mrs S has recently returned home from hospital and needed some shopping.

She's still in pain which has meant she's not been eating very much but she has been having snacks and sandwiches. She's been trying to drink lots to make sure she stays hydrated. We got a list together from her and she checked her cupboards, she still had plenty of tins and bits to make a meal for when she feels up to a full meal.

We headed off to Lidl and bought milk, bread, butter, strawberry milk, juice, crisps and we managed to find some instant caramel lattes on offer. We even got to take some change back to Mrs S.

She was very grateful and said we had brought happiness into her day.

After a rather soggy run down, Barbara soon set us to work up in the Lady's Gallery. Memories of first jobs and childhood chores were brought back with the scents of Brasso and Barkeeper's Friend. It took us a little while to master our pole-polishing technique, interestingly the men-folk seemed to get the hang of it quicker! 😆

Interesting Facts: 50% of the team this evening are left handed. 66% share their name with another attendee. 100% of these facts may not actually be interesting.

Never has a task prompted so much innuendo, so if you're up to the challenge of coming up with more, we'll be back next week to finish off! 😉

Victoria Park looked golden today with the bright sunshine and beautiful autumn coloured leaves on the trees. We're entering a period now in the Park involving general maintenance, and today we were pulling up all the flowers that bloomed through Spring & Summer. Re-planting those that wouldn't mind a bit of frost, and leaving the rest for the Park Keepers to collect and recycle. We ended the session with refreshments and biscuits, sitting in the sunshine and making the most of it before the wind and rain come back again tomorrow.

Absolutely amazing work from our GoodGym team at today's Great South Run! Apologies to Ayad and Laura as we didn't manage to catch you for a photo and a wave - hope you enjoyed your runs!

For reasons unknown, our normal post-GSR haunt, The Clubhouse, was closed post run, but were giving away free sausage baps!! Instead, the cheer squad reunited with runner at Esquires, where delicious hot chocolate, coffee, smoothies, and unspecified pastries were consumed. I didn't remember to take any photos, so please enjoy a picture of some cinammon buns and coffee, courtesy of BBC Food.

We spent a rather soggy morning cheering on GoodGymers and other running community chums at the 7 Mile point of the Great South Run. We were close enough to enjoy some epic tunes from the "Feel Good" music truck, which was also very on-brand with our GoodGym gear!

Extra kudos to Dave for chasing down Super-Speedy Andy at Mile 9 for an action shot, and JB for the unexpected and delicious strudel!