Let's keep this brief shall we, last night GG Lambeth was creeping it real with a spooky All Hallow's Eve task down in Herne Hill supporting the HH Forum team. It looked like a lot of the work had been done by the Forum volunteers after more than 400 people had come to party but still plenty Witch we could get involved with!

Nathan and Tilly met AA Yianny at Papa's where stood outside in the half light to get into the mood for a Halloween evening run and we discussed some very scary stories (!) while we waited for any late arrivals. By the time we set off it was a boo-tiful clear and crisp evening and a short run from Brixton down to Herne Hill passed in no time.

We were met by Clive who directed us to take down a big gazebo, carry some weights over to the storage unit and then head upstairs to help clean up in station hall. No broomsticks for us to make a clean getaway but we did have two hoovers (although one went on strike) and some shifting round of furniture.

To round things off Tilly was given the spoo-key to the bin section so we could throw away the rubbish bags before heading off.

Fangs for the memories guys, see you next time!

A group of GoodGymmers met at the Herne Hill Halloween party, run by the lovely Herne Hill Community Forum. The party was packed when we arrived, with lots of kids (and adults) having a great time. A particular highlight seemed to be the fancy dressed sheep who was apparently not an official part of the party.

Once 7pm struck, the party started to disband and we could get to work clearing stalls and doing the GoodGym favourite litter-picking.

Halfway through, a squad of spooky Southwark runners appeared out of the darkness to help us out. Dressed appropriately scarily, they got to work taking gazebos down and very quickly, the marketplace was transformed back to its peaceful normality.

After saying goodbye to our Southwark neighbours, we went for pizza with our friends from the Herne Hill Community Forum and heard more about the lovely things they do in the local area.

38 excellent people ran to two tasks to support sports and kids in Lambeth. Plus SPOTM and the GBBO!

As the last week in October, it was time to present the Shit Prize of the Month (SPOTM)...the prixe this month was an M&Ms red notebook, a free coffee sachet and an empty CD case. Who would win such an award? Why Nicky Woodall, that's who! She only joined GG a month ago and has been to every run in October and is getting her DBS checks sorted too. Go Nicky!

There were two run options this week. Run 1 was helping the Herne Hill Forum to tidy up after their Halloween party for local kids and their families. James JB led this run and here is what he had to say about it:

We went to Herne hill to clear up after the kids halloween party, we lifted weights, swept up spooky trash, and put gazebos away. Then we did a quick set of squat/sprint circuits then ran back to papas played a SPOOKTACULAR anagram game that DEFINITELY WASN'T borrowed from Wandsworth the day before!

Run 2 was led by Katie and we headed down to Vauxhall to support the Black Prince Trust. This community sports and fitness site needed some bulbs planting and some shelves put up. We made tidy work of the bulb planting but sadly the shelves were missing long enough screws and the drill malfuntioned. However, we did a solid pace both there and back and we all enjoyed looking around the site.

With some stretches it was time for GBBO treats....Jim and Issy had the challenge of patisserie week, yikes! They tackled it with aplomb and the meringues and tart tartin were both tres bon! Great work gang :)