A change to our Wednesday evening schedule meant an impromptu litter pick for 7 Greenwich GoodGym-ers. After a warm up and an exchange of Autumn/Winter resolutions (more Goodgym at the top of the list for all of us obviously!) we had a downhill run to Anchor & Hope lane in Charlton, where lots of litter was waiting for us to trundle away.

Bottles, tins, cigarette boxes, newspapers, coffee cups, crisp bags, crunchie wrappers & everything in between ended up in our bags as we worked our way along the supermarket strip of Charlton.

Much chatter speeded the task along, and we'd some full bags to show for our efforts by the time an autumn shower rained on our parade (of shops) signalling the task end and a run for dry land.

This weekend we have Mycenae Gardens and tree planting at Roots4Life.

Thanks all & hope to see you soon 😊

Early on Sunday morning, two Goodgymers helped to set up for the CABAHS plant sale at Charlton House. As well as lots of plants, there was a spooky atmosphere with a ghost and skeleton trail! Jobs included setting up the tables, bringing out a huge array of plants, erecting a very uncooperative gazebo and hanging curtains on a very wobbly ladder (thank you Ivar for keeping it steady!). There was just time for a quick go on ‘Splat the Slug’ before we headed off.

Until next time! :)

Last night, 9 of us made our ways to St Luke's in Charlton, a few of us walking and some of us running the 3.5km from the Royal Naval College. A special welcome to Syd on his first task with us - great to have you along and hope to see much more of you over the coming months!

We soon got to work polishing pews, shining brass, scraping wax off tables and giving the church a good old hoover - it smelt lovely after just half an hour (where did the time actually go?!) and then we took a picture and headed out.

Lovely to see you all, as always!

On Sunday we've got helping out CABAHS at the Horn Fair and next Wednesday we're at Charlton Manor Primary School.

Until next time,

Rachel

It’s the end of the month so it was time for the Group Run to Mycenae House, a lovely local landmark with extensive grounds that the volunteers always need our help with.

Three of us ran the mile or so from Charlton Park to the house to be met by our other members and the amazing Fiona, the volunteer coordinator. For most of the summer we’ve been doing weeding and chopping so it was lovely today to have a more constructive task, namely planting a number of new plants (although the weeding didn’t quite go away). We set to work, digging holes, popping in the plants and watering and between the 5 of us and the volunteers we managed to get 20 odd plants in, including one monster specimen that required three of us to plant it.

All of this was hard work and we were grateful after an hour to be rewarded with some of the excellent cake that is always waiting for us after the task.

After the nail-biting game yesterday at Charlton Athletic, 9 Goodgymers and some friends of CleanUpCharlton ventured out to clear up some of the post-match debris.

While one team tackled the home end of Anchor & Hope Lane, the others took to the midfield of the Woolwich Road to clear the cans, bottles and cigarette ends. The game of two halves ended with a photo line-up at the end of Popeye's Path (formerly Frankie & Benny's Alley) which always needs a good grounds-person or two (or even 11)!

The boys and girls done good and 13 bags were left for the referee (Greenwich Council) at final whistle. Man/woman of the match was awarded to all players in the form of a nice cup of coffee at our favourite M&S cafe (we might tap them for sponsorship next season). They thought it was all over - it is now until next month!