A fabulous 15 this evening at Goodgym Bath for a 5k run to the community allotments at the foot of The Two Tunnels on Lyncombe road.

Whoop!! and Welcome to Leanne from Goodgym York

joining us fresh from racing the train at the weekend before heading for a well deserved break in Devon

Well Done to everyone who raced at the weekend Two Tunnels series from 10k to 50k some great achievements... Feel proud!!

Time to hit the road and head towards a wee hill and the job at hand tonight

TWO TASKS to cut back the over hanging hedge and hazel from the young fruit trees and lay some chicken wire over a slippery wooden bridge accessing the allotments along a shared pathway.

The route out involved a rather enjoyable leg burning hill or two, although the first was considered a warm up for the second one and i really do believe they enjoyed every moment.

The Task itself

LOPPERS and SECATEURS pairing up to form the hedge trimmers with Ed on saw duty on a fallen tree and had a later use as a cuttings battling ram. Emma,Tim and Sam getting to grips with that slippery bridge with some chicken wire and a staple gun.

40 MINUTES LATER

Job done!! one well pruned hedge stretching along a narrow footpath with a mad dash at the end to create a wildlife haven with the cuttings and one very safe bridge to cross with our very own

QUEEN MARY

to officially cut the twig and open the bridge to the public. This was suitably topped off with some delicious raspberry tasting before the short run back to base.

Double thanks to Alison for back marking and for tonights pun.

Blimey! What a scorcher of an evening but that didn't put 17 Goodgymers off a sweet suitably short 3k run along to part of the Skyline taking in some meadows to The Nuttery at Smallcombe for Transition Bath. A chance to clock a Good deed before heading to Glastonbury festival for a lucky few.

welcome to Tom and Tim and Roxanne joining us for their first Goodgym experience and what a night to pick ... whoop!!!

A change to the planned longer route this evening as our lovely host Virginia has a post task social to thank the Goodgym runners for all the help received since launching in October 2015, The task itself to rake up and gather an area of pre scythed grass with a demonstration and safety talk on scything from Keith. There will be a chance for a scything task at a later date at Dryarch growers with Keith and I think you'll agree it is great to learn traditional skills that don't rely on machinery, plus we all get a great abs workout in the sunshine.

The scenic run was taking in part of The Skyline across the meadowlands to Smallcombe and what a beautiful place it is. Take a peek for yourself http://transitionbath.org/nuttery/

They say make hay while the sunshines

couldn't be more right tonight as the group got raked up and raring to go gathering the waist height grass and forming a chain (no flies on these guys) carting it across to the compost heap.

Everyone had a chance to have a go at using an Austrian scythe under Keith's watchful eye, just goes to show how hard farmers worked back in the day.

Virginia's extra special treat for everyone this evening as a way of saying Thank you for all the help Goodgym provides to the various growing and community groups she's involved in around Bath. The location perfect with a natural seating area to sit and enjoy some fabulous food and drink, we enjoyed a fabulous homemade black currant cake and some elderflower cordial aren't we a lucky bunch. Plus Keith had some homemade Dry-arch Cider, perfect on a solstice evening in the West Country.

shout out to Sam who earns his Black T-shirt tonight for 50 Good deeds in the bag.

A very short jog back to base to stretch out (not forgetting those arms) and chat about upcoming races and events, plus a reminder to get your documents checked to be paired up or go on missions.

Thanks to Rosie for back marking and Lydz for a fabulous pun this evening.

what a fab time doing good whilst keeping fit and socialising

Please check yourself for ticks and if your heading to Glastonbury please stay safe and have a fabulous time.

I'm away for two weeks but my fellow Run leader Pascale will continue to make Goodgym Bath Amazing!!

We even had Lollipops from the lovely Doris during stretch out.

A beautiful summers evening in Bath for 16 runners and a nice flat 6k round trip to Alice Park community garden on the east side of Bath along the London road.

To kick off the evening a few announcements to make from the weekends racing within the group.

Saturday saw The Goodgym Olympics at Parliament Hill track in London-

Sam took Gold in the 800 meters ... Whoop!!

Emily 5.0 km 24:30 Alison 0.8 km 03:09 and 5.0 km 23:17 some very respectable times from both ladies on an unexpectedly hot day.

Rosie and Steph did the three legged race, Rosie egg n spooned.

Steph was disqualified from sack race for wearing it on her head and Rosie and Emily took part in the relay event.

All in all a fabulous event and everyone went home with a medal.

Sunday was Chew valley 10k race results-

Ollie 39.17 6th overall 4th in category

Cosmo 42.27 31st overall 18th in category

Jo 51.02 200 overall 19th in category PB

Steph 53.51 280 overall 4th in category

Well done everyone.

Welcome to Rob joining us for his first GG run... Whoop!!

Tom kindly led the group with Ollie along the canal for a more scenic route to our task destination at Alice Park, our host Kathy was there to direct the troops for a spot of hearty hedge maintenance. This involved some bind weed pulling and nettle trimming along the community garden hedge,

it was like pretty maids all in a row

Ollie, Rob Mary and Emma diving into the wild area with Steve joining in for good measure to cut everything back clearing the pathway but ensuring to leave elderberry flowers and bramble flowers intact for fruit picking at a later date.

35 minutes in total spent on the task with a last minute dash to bag up the bind weed and gather the cuttings to the compost area for sorting.

Group photo had to be taken in the lovely willow arbour made from willow cut at a previous task for Goodgym at Bloomfield orchard. Kathy had kindly gathered some fresh produce for the group to enjoy and take home, the strawberry eating made a fine Boomerang and didn't we look strange on the run back carrying lettuce and radish.

We made it back in the nick of time for a stretch out and vote on tonight's pun, it was a draw with a combination of Sam's and Nicolas Alice themed puns.

Thank you Tom and Ollie for leading and Alison for back marking and Sam and Nicola for fabulous pun.

Finally it is with great sadness to announce the departure of Emily and Rosie from GG Bath, they will be greatly missed but we will be having a farewell dinner for them before the Two Tunnels event. Details to follow

Thank you everyone for just being you and being fabulous folk to run with and have fun