A chatty run along a very quiet riverside this evening as we welcomed Zak to his first experience with GoodGym during his visit from Bristol. 😁

Our destination was St Christopher's Fellowship in East Twickenham where we often go to help in their large and quite unruly garden. We made a plan for ourselves with some extensive weeding in the vegetable patch and against the main building, Anita's monumental effort sorting out the compost heap and plenty of tidying up in the front drive.

A successful 45 minutes later, everything looked more manicured, even if our gloved hands did not!

Is it too early to get excited for spring? At this task we got very excited when the fog lifted and we were enjoying blue skies with beautiful sunshine. At St Christopher’s, we were clearing an area of weeds and cutting back shrubs and trees. Closer to spring time, St Christopher’s will be planting new plants and vegetables. We enjoyed spending time here and then went off to get a coffee in Marble Hill Park.

Three Good Gymmers turned out at St. Christopher’s Fellowship in East Twickenham on the first weekend of February.

Chris , Anita and Adam were tasked with providing a clean sweep of the front garden and with the aid of brushes, spades, rakes and of course Adam’s favourite litter picker!

Energised by the local caffeine, we got stuck in and swept all before us, removing litter, leaves and of course odd branch or two.

Overall a job well done!

See link below for upcoming missions and tasks https://www.goodgym.org/v3

Seven super heroes in red shirts (although covered up tonight in warmer layers) came to help out at St Christopher’s Children’s Home in Twickenham.

A regular task, we were back and having made easy work of the front gardens, tonight we went back to back. We searched the shed for tools, and got cracking.

Africa, Chris, JP and Lucy took on the bush-tucker challenge. Although there was less tucking and more chopping, as the shears gave two of the unruly bushes a good trim. Down in the vegetable patch Adam, Cathy and Susan started on clearing the weeds which had run wild in the allotment. Little mountains of hedge trimmings, leaves and green leafy weeds piled up on the compost heap, and before long we have two neat and tidy bushes and a tidy patch. It’s always amazing to see the transformation that we can do in such a short time. Well done tonight gang, bush chopper challenge complete.

One night a year, in the dark alleys of Richmond, a group of unsavoury characters meets to spread terror through the borough as they run to a task. This year saw a blood-covered butcher, a poisonous snake, spine-tingling skeleton, trouble-making Beetlejuice, soul-stealing mobile phone, time-jangling Marty McFly and a zombie school girl... chasing down a terrified squeaking banana! 🍌

Starting with some spooky squats, lurch-away lunges, Scooby Doo sprints and stretches worthy of the torture stretching rack, we also welcomed KC for his first task, straight into the wicked chaos of Halloween!

Following a shrieking run over the river, the ghoulish group arrived at St Christopher's Fellowship and met with Theresa and her terrifying hound, Sam and Adam unveiling their mortifying masks and Chris brandishing a disturbing MAGA cap!

While the plan was to do bad, the spirit of GoodGym was too powerful to fight and the team completed the task of cutting back and tidying the front area of the building, despite cackling protests and evil scheming.

Back to normal next week for more friendly adventures with GoodGym Richmond!

Today we gave St Christopher's a spring clean, with Chris enthusiastically trimming the front hedge and leaving it superbly cut. Meanwhile Adam fresh back from his Japan adventures, Claudia on her first task (welcome!) and Sam swept up leaves. We filled four bags and two green recycling containers.