Yesterday morning we joined a community litterpick in Welling, organised by McDonald's in partnership with Discover Welling, the local Salvation Army and Bellegrove Nutrition.

We arrived just in time for a chat and photo with the Mayor, then our own team GG photo - in the background check out our name on the bunting around the gazebo!

Donna from McDonald's asked us to head to the cemetery where litter tends to collect around the perimeter hedges. Joined by Adele from Discover Welling, we picked up rubbish en route, then worked our way around the boundary and paths in the lovely graveyard.

Despite the grey skies, the forecast rain held off and time flew by as we chatted and tidied. It was great to be outdoors with great company, and we got in a great step count too 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️.

With four bags full of rubbish we returned to the marquee where we were rewarded with bags of melon and chocolate cookies.

We said adieu to Adele and headed to The Hilltop Coffee Shop for cappucinos all round to celebrate Rachel's 200th good deed 🥳🎉. Rachel didn't want a fuss, but that's a whole lot of time spent doing good in the local community, so it's a big 'Hip Hip Hooray!' from of us in GG Bexley and GG Greenwich ❤.

Whether you're a seasoned GoodGymer like Rachel, or considering your very first venture with us, we'd love to see you at one of our tasks soon!

This was a task of two halves in the Pantry at the Salvation Army Hall in Welling.

After improvising with a broom-handle to mark out some straight borders, then some careful application of masking tape, Lisa and Martin got busy painting a blackboard on one of the walls. This will be used for messages to visitors at the Pantry.

Meanwhile, across the room, Sue and Sarah applied transfers to liven up the wall on one side of the hall. Those sticky letters were tricky little things and it was more of a dexterity- workout and test of patience than our usual physical activities!

Thank you for having us Katy, and kindly providing cups of tea as we worked and chatted.

One of the joys of GoodGym is the many different things that we get to do. Next week it's something completely different... check out the task listing to see what's coming up.

Bexley News!!...

• It was great to welcome Lisa tonight! We hope you enjoyed your first run!
• Some of us are running the Poppy Run at Avery Hill on Sunday. You can find out more and sign up here
• Next week we are heading to Welling Library to help tidy outside. Wrap up warm and if you have lights/head torches make sure to bring them along!

Tonight 13 GoodGymers met at Crook Log ready to embark on a brand new task at Welling Salvation Army!

Upon arrival, I thought we had not 1 but 3 new members...only to realise that Matt and Emmanuel were sporting their new black tees! Nice one guys, they looked great! ⑤⓪

We headed outside for our much needed warm up since it was a bit nippy outside. We begun with a slow jog before playing the 52 card pickup again. We changed up the exercises a bit with squat jumps, lunges, star jumps and twists. This week there were a lot of lunges on the cards and less squats compared to last week.

We also had a new running route to get to the task.

The runners went on a loop which took in the bridge over the train line and a very long road to take us to Welling Corner before turning the corner back to get to the Salvation Army. We had a good view of some fireworks en route to the task 🎆🎇

The walkers took the direct route straight up Welling High Street to arrive at a similar time to the running group.

We seemed to time it just right and everyone arrived at the task pretty much together.

We were met by Tim who showed us what was needing to be done.

There were some donations which needed to be sorted into boxes and stored away.

We all grabbed some donations and began organising into boxes, putting aside anything which was 'rubbish'.

After what seemed like no time at all, we were done!

Everyone took a handful from the pile of rubbish to take out to the bins.

Finishing slightly ahead of time, we grabbed some brooms and a dustpan and brush to give a quick spruce up!

We said our goodbyes and headed back to base!

Great work tonight guys!

Until next time...

Happy running!

Sarah 🏃🏻‍♀️