It was a biting cold evening in Lambeth, still dark by the time we met at Papa's but that won't keep our GGers away from doing good around the community.

Just Tilly and AA Yianny met for the run from Brixton over to Thorlands Gardens, while Michael ran directly to the task and Marie-Noelle and Paul cycled there - a full house of fitness and cardio right there.

Simon and the residents were impressed that the group turned out in the conditions but we are a) Barmy and b) always committed here in Lambeth so we were ready to continue the work on the middle garden with tasks to turn over the soil in the muddy patch, clear the leaf mulch for the pathway and collect and lay the fresh woodchip for those areas.

And so while Paul whistled us a tune to work to we set about the tasks and the various Snow Whites and Dwarves (I know which dwarf I am!) got stuck in 40 or so minutes later all the tools were racked away and the pathway was looking very chipper.....!

Big thanks to everyone and I look forward to seeing you next time :0)

It was our first group run to Thorlands of the year and there was 7 of us for the run (with Paul and Rosemary meeting us there). We took the same route that we took for our visit back in November.

Simon was there to meet us with the tools ready. We split off into two groups with one group clearing the leaves off the path in the Kitchen Garden to create a new pile that we covered with cardboard and a pallet to help it mulch down faster. The other group ran wheelbarrows of woodchip from the Community Garden which we then spread on the cleared path.

Simon sends thanks for our work and we’ll see him again later in Feb.

It's Tuesday and so the Lambeth crew were back at it, this week we were heading to the Thor-lands to meet Simon and get cracking on the walled garden.

Fi, Dan and AA Yianny met at Papa's and headed off to meet Marie-Noelle, Paul and Michael directly at the task. Simon was super well prepared and had a plan fully fleshed out and printed hanging from a tree for us to refer to (we could just make it out in the dark!)

The two main jobs were weeding the planting area and mulching the tonnes of fallen leaves to create lots of compost.

After handing out the sweet treats AA had to head off but the group did a great job and Simon was very satisfied with the result and so another great session is in the bag and we move on to next week at Jubilee Primary School - get signed up now! Next Tuesday's Group Run

Last night we headed back down to Thorlands Gardens to meet Simon and carry on the mammoth task of taking the work forward there.

We had a smaller group with AA Yianny meeting Ben and Tilly at Papa's and Michael making his was directly to the task. After a very pleasant conversation espousing the wonderful decade that was the 80s we set off on the 2ish km run down to Thorlands.

Simon was running a bit late so we didn't have long but with the 20 minute window available we headed over to the community garden grabbing a wheelbarrow full of tools, a few large cardboard boxes and we were ready to shovel the clay and woodchip mix onto the cardboard beds.

We split up the boxes, laid them as Simon directed then covered them over so that the foxes couldn't see the edges and destroy them and tidied some of the rubbish that we found.

Big thanks to all for the work and the great conversation and see you all next time! :0)

Ok so last night didn't quite go to plan and that happens sometimes but at GoodGym we have an awesome group who take things like this in their stride!

Let's start at the beginning, a few of us met at Papa's and were delighted to welcome a new member to the GG Lambeth community - Boutie soyez le bienvenue - it's great to have you with us!

Fi, Will & Yianny welcomed Boutie and then as a group we set off to Thorlands to meet up with Tilly, Marie-Noelle and Paul.

So far so good - the crew were all together and ready to roll but sadly our task leader Simon was nowhere to be seen. It looks as if a meeting had overrun and Simon got caught up which meant the group had no access to tools or idea of what we could help with but when life gives you lemons..... We do a stretch and chat session! (Thanks Paul for kicking us off)

At 7:45pm we called it an evening and after sorting the Bake Off sweepstake headed off in our respective directions.

Thanks to all for attending anyway and see you next time ;0)!

We were treated to a full on winter's evening by the weather yesterday with winds, rain and grey and dark skies - perfect for a bit of GG outdoor work then!

After a few people were delayed at work it meant that Michael, Will and AA Yianny met at Papa's while our resident walkers Marie-Noelle and Paul would meet us at the task.

Simon had a shopping list of tasks that we could undertake and his plans sound amazing - the place is going to be a real hub for locals to come and enjoy - but we settled on a classic task... weeding!

We had to continue the great work done by our Southwark GG friends and clear as much of the areas on either side of the paths of bindweed, nettles and other invasive species. There were also some chunky railway sleepers to shift and then dispose of it all at the end.

By session's end we had been nicely watered, prickled and plenty of soil gathered in our shoes and were in high spirits for it!

We will now make this a regular Group Run to support the GoodGym community on the border between Lambeth and Southwark so look out for sessions coming up in Oct, Nove and Dec.

Thanks to all and more photos will be dropping soon!