Me and Louise helped move a bed to allow room for a new bed for some one coming out of hospital.

The friend who let us in was shocked that it was was 'two young lasses' and didn't think we would be strong enough to move the bed down the stairs. Louise was a bit concerned just how big and heavy this bed was but I knew we could do it!

We did do it whilst she was on the phone arranging for the bed to collected by bulky waste removal at a later date. It was pretty straight forward bending the mattress round the stairs, taking out the draws and spliting the bed base in half.

Bonus was getting to see two of her cats, unfortunately not pictured.

An impressive turnout of 19 GG Yorkies (and 1 GG Geordie) braved the less than impressive bank holiday weather to help St Nicks look after the green spaces on down by the river on New Walk. Before setting off we welcomed Issy along to her first GoodGym outing and Christine to her first task although she has been a regular at socials for some time. Give them both a massive cheer 🎉

We also had the honour of being joined by Aimee from GG Newcastle who came bearing the Golden Trowel, which is awarded to the most good GoodGym area during the January Challenge. So after a quick warm up featuring our favourite seasonings/sauces we posed for some photos with the trowel before heading on our way to the task 🏆

Tristan led a longer run, whilst Vicky led the more direct route with Ed and Rich making up the walking group. Upon arriving at New Walk were met by task owner Maeve who set the group to work armed with scythes, rakes and shovels in order to remove dock plants and cut back some of the nettles. GGer Martin also met us at the task and soon got to work digging up some of the bigger plants.

The team of GGers weren't the only ones foolish enough to be out in the rain by the river and we soon attracted the attention of lots of small bitey insects. Fortunately David was on hand with some bug spray to keep us all from getting too badly bitten.

Sheets of tarpaulin and sacks were soon getting full of weeds and getting shuttled back and forth to the dumping area which was a hood few hundred metres further down the path. Perfect for getting some more distance in those legs!

With time running out Maeve spotted a few larger docks which needed particular attention from our own Dock King, Martin who tackled them with ease before Michael and Hannah dragged the last tarp away. Whilst waiting for them to return we had plenty of time to celebrate Leanne's Birthday with some happy birthday squats, as is tradition. We may have also added an extra syllable to Leanne's name just to sneak a bonus squat in.

Happy birthday dear Le-a-anne

Then it was off to Vicky's fitness sesh which involved various exercises located at intervals on the slightly hilly Blue Bridge Lane. Poor Aimee had never come across a spotty dog before, and I'm still not entirely sure she knows what it is after being shown by GG's least rhythmic member, Tristan!

We then posed for a photo on Blue Bridge before all running back together, followed by walkers Ed and Rich

On a Sunday afternoon I did done gardening for Mr M so he could enjoy his garden. I started off by cut the grass. I then did my best with cutting a the bushes to improve access for his wheelchair but unfortunately the loppers where a bit blunt so I didn't make as much process as I would have liked. I then finished off with a little weeding out a frustration. The time flew by!

Leazes Park is trying to regain its Green Flag and four GoodGymers attempted to help by clearing some litter from the park. The litter was slightly harder to find than usual, so it looks like we weren't the first litter pickers in the park recently.

Good luck to Leazes Park in regaining the Green Flag!

The weather in Newcastle has just been too good lately for Greenhill allotments. Hot and sunny weather is normally not something to complain about, but it makes the ground very hard and difficult to dig. We made more progress on our latest visit, but there remains work to do.

It was very pleasing to see courgettes and spring onions growing in part of the plot that we had cleared previously.

We'll be back to finish the job on Magret's plot, please join us next time if you can!