Our third visit to St Andrew's Church and Community Centre had a fabulous balance between runners, walkers and cyclists. Harvey, Sevan, Steph and Kash practised their hill running skills, setting off from Bodyline to conquer Hanger Hill, then finish with an easy downhill that took them to the church, where Christos and Alex awaited. Yes, you read that right - Alex made a surprise return to GoodGymming. Welcome back, Alex!

Seeing the transformed Pocket Allotment, where GoodGym had helped with clearing the shrubs and laying gravel, we marvelled at the lush flowers and vegetables ready to harvest. Indeed, harvest was underway as Carol, the designer behind the Pocket Allotment success, reaped the crops: kale, mangetout, beans, spinach and edible flowers, and shared them with us as a thank-you - such a lovely gesture!

The Pocket Garden appeared very well looked after and didn't need GoodGym's intervention. It was the area around the corner which needed our expertise in decimating shrubs. That's where we met John, the task owner, and cyclists: Paul from GoodGym Hounslow and Penny, who came for her 25th good deed. Well done - keep it up, Penny!

Tonight's group session had a martial arts undertone. Firstly, at the time of our task, in the community centre, young students were practising aikido. Secondly, the GoodGymers, under the watchful eye of Master John were practising choppido. Just like Mr Miyagi's students performed seemingly humble chores to unlock their karate skills, the GoodGym folk were developing muscle memory of chopping movements - so useful at our summer community missions to clear overgrown community spaces!

Unlike Daniel in Karate Kid, not convinced by his master's teaching techniques, our team jumped into action so eagerly that Kash didn't even get to take the before pictures of intact shrubs - Steph had to hold upright a little tree he had already chopped down! John had split the training session into phases:

1) chopping / trimming / pruning the hedges and trees
2) chopping the trimmings into smaller pieces
3) bagging and putting aside the green waste

Through the repetition of the chopping moves, each of us became one with their shears, loppers and secateurs. Steph earned his black belt by patiently combating a stubborn root stuck in the ground with a pickaxe. By the end of the practice, all Master John's students felt an immense sense of satisfaction when looking at the visible results of the less-than-an-hour exercise. The people inside the centre, in the room used for arts workshops, must have also seen the change as the daylight finally was back at their studio. Fingers crossed we will visit St Andrew's again soon to help with the following stage of the new green space project and see the longer-term impact, just like in the fabulous Pocket Allotment.

Next week, we are back to Lammas Orchard to keep this special community garden accessible to and usable by all. Sign up now!

It's second picnic in GoodGym Ealing edition

Madhan was the first to arrive. Steph soon followed and when we were having a chat, Divya cycled his way to the location. After Claire arrived, we opened the snacks and put them on a party table cloth and the setup brought the picnic mood.

Little by little we can hear the sounds of wrappers being torn. Kash and Sevan arrived with a two big packs of Athletic Brewing alcohol-free beer which topped up the two packs which Madhan already brought as well.

Thanks to Claire who read the message in the group chat from Alex saying that the location sharing has turned off and shared her the location again. The last time we saw Alex was during the Jenny's 500 and leaving do celebration. She handed over the GoodGym flag to Kash

Milly and Mike came prepared with blankets.

Name other animal that's baby name ends with ling

Claire spotted a duck near the pond and we had a discussion around whether it is duck or goose. She was explaining it as baby duck. Milly pulled up the internet and we had a trivia of animal names and their baby names. Can you guess some of them below?

• Duck - Duckling
• Bat - ?
• Shark - ?
• Kangaroo - ?
• Ant - ?
• Pig - ?
• Goat - ?

Können Sie deutsch

After that some of us had a go at expressing their German language skills. We also learnt the meaning of picnic in French. Overall it was a filling picnic. We'll come up with another social next month.

This was our second week of shifting woodchip to cover the paths and clearings in the beautiful Community Orchard where mud can set in. We don't need to spread the woodchip - there are a whole bunch of young people who visit and take on that task!

There were supposed to be five of us on duty tonight to help out at the Community Orchard. In fact, a special guest joined us for most of the task - a robin! They brought some friends with them, though this one in particular (I think!) hung around with us for most of the session.

One of the best things about GoodGym is that chat. And we chatted. And chatted. When you chat, the time just flies by, and it did.

The orchard is a really nice space, away from the hustle and bustle of Ealing Broadway. It's well used by young people and the community. Tonight we put our backs into transporting wood chip from outside the orchard, via shovels and wheelbarrows, into the space to help dry up the muddy patches.

This was a special space for a special occasion - the celebration of Jenni's 500th good deed - yes, that's right, 500 good deeds! Jen is truly the Queen of GoodGym Ealing. And she was straight on the case ordering her crown-encrusted 500 GoodGym t-shirt.

But this was also a celebration tinged with some sadness. Jenni is moving out of the area. We can't tell you how much we'll miss her - she's one of our own. Timing her 500th good deed with her her leaving party was a logistical masterpiece for which we can only congratulate Jenni once again! She promised to visit soon and we'll hold her to that.