On Wednesday, we went to Alberta Estate to help out. But firstly, we had to get there, which was a challenge in itself!

We met at Old Spike, Rosalind was first to arrive. Daryl brought his friend, newbie, Ryan (welcome!). And Benjamin, Gemma David, Sam, Cecilia and Mansur came for the run also. After a quick warm up, we started the almost 5k run towards Walworth Road. Due to the power of technology, Isaac met us en-route. Then we found Will, Rosemary, Jessie and Andrada when we arrived at Alberta Estate.

With our team now assembled, our task was to move some soil from two compost heaps, into a plot around the corner. With 15 of us, it was hard to know how to get started! But in usual Goodgym fashion, we quickly organised ourselves into smaller groups, one group at the compost heap, another group at the end location, and a few groups shuttling soil in between.

After 30 minutes we had moved over half of the soil - enough to make space on the heap for some new compost that was coming fresh from the barrel. And before we knew it, we were tidying up, taking the group photo, and saying goodbye before our run back.

We ran back as the sun was setting. Unfortunately Ben's injured knee flared up and so he hopped onto a Lime bike, beating us back by 10 minutes. After a cool-down and some community led stretches, it was time for pizza and pub. Great work team!

John and I met Freddie and some local gardeners to follow up on what was started last week.

We first continued turning over the soil ready to plant some wildflower seeds. Then we got sowing and raking, finishing off by putting a fence around it to keep the dogs at bay.

We look forward to visiting in the new year to see the outcome of our hard work.

John, having run over from Camden, met Laura at the estate. After locating the correct patch of ground and meeting the task owner, we set to work digging up the topsoil and re-locating it to the community compost. We were joined by some helpful local residents. GG is looking forward to returning to help sow the wild seeds and transform this patch of London!

Ed came out to help Alex and a group of residents move the rubble of dirt to create a mound for wildflowers to grow in the future. This was the third part of this task, but Alex reckons another 20 minutes of work between 1-2 people. Other tasks will come around.

We have continued moving the rubble with the help of Jo, Gemma, Olive and Alex. We cleared all the rubbles, topped-up the mound, but it needs a bit more TLC before planting, which would be another mission.

Lindy, Ed, Paulin, and Daryl met up on a sunny Sunday morning to help the residents of Alberta Estate create a wildflower mound in their communal garden. The task involved digging up the top layer of grass and soil (which will be added back to the wildflower mound) from where Alex had marked out. Then we formed two chains to move the larger pieces of rubble to form the base of the mound before topping off with the remaining rubble.

We'll be back on the evening of Thursday 25th May to finish off the task. Sign up for the follow up mission