GoodGymers traveled on foot, on two wheels, and even accompanied by four legs to the historic Gunnersbury Park Estate last night. The centenary celebration of the creation of the estate is coming up, so we joined the group of residents to help with a tidy up ahead of the big birthday event.

One by one we arrived to be greeted by a welcoming committee spearheaded by Rosie the dog and fellow GoodGymer Stephen. After treats had been dispensed, we learned there were two separate tasks to be completed. The first was a big gardening job on the green, and the second a paving challenge at the entrance to the estate. So while master masons Chris, Remy and Kash began mixing cement and digging trenches, the rest of the group headed down to the green space.

Led by Tony, we divided up to tackle the extremely spiky trimmings cut down by the tree surgeon, chopping them up into manageable sizes. There was also litter picking to be done, sweeping, clearing and a general tidy up.

We worked until night fell, and headed back up to admire the job done by the paving team. Impressively, in just 45 minutes they had managed to mix cement, dig channels for the paving stones and relay them in prime position. Great work everybody. There was even time to leave the inaugural paw print in the wet cement (just don't tell Rosie).

Next week we will be back for our regular visit to Chiswick House when you will have a treat as Hounslow's newest (almost) qualified run leader will be leading the session....who is it to be? Come along to find out!

If you are all about the dramatic before and after pics then this the run report for you!

Despite the grey skies, nine GGers met at Chiswick Allotments to carry out a couple of big tasks that had a transformative effect on a widely used local resource.

We met with Kouroush, who is chair of the allotments, who divided us up into two groups. One to tackle the road that leads to the plots and one in the yard in front of the shed.

Georgia, Alan, Jon, Michelle and Lucy (once she had scaled the wall) got started on pulling up all the weeds encroaching on the length of the path. From overgrown and messy to clear, clean and tidy - what a difference! Now the entrance to this community space will look so much more cared for and welcoming.

Meanwhile the dream team of Kash, Divya and Gus were tackling the yard. Spades and forks were simply not the one, and within minutes they were dispatched in favour of loppers and shears. Watching out for wildlife they got to it, cutting down ivy and clearing weeds. In between snail talk, RSPB membership, tales of Ealing tasks and even a restaurant recommendation or two, wheelbarrows full of waste was filled. Have a look at the amazing after photos to see just what was achieved. And if that wasn't proof enough then have a look at the photos of Gus' pristine white gloves pre and post task!

There is a community mission which could do with some extra help this weekend, so if you're free why not sign up to this gardening task at Harvard Hill. Happy GGing one and all!

On a darkening evening ten GoodGymers made their way deep, deep into the forest...

Much like the eponymous tale of a young girl and a sly wolf, we wore red, but that's where the similarity ends. For unlike Little Red Riding Hood, we wielded saws rather than a basket, and instead of hungry wolves, we were on the look out for wandering hedgehogs.

Our job was to chop away the invasive trees, especially the holly, that are blocking sunlight and stopping other plants thriving.

So we grabbed our tools,commenting, 'Goodness, what big saws you have.' All the better to chop trees with, Chris the lead gardener responded.

We sawed and felled, shouts of TIMBER echoed through the woods.

Just as night fell we gathered our mattocks and saws and made our way out of the depths of the forest and back to the safety of obelisk. Thankfully there were no sightings of hungry wolves, but we did spot one beautiful Vizsla and a sausage dog with a glowing collar.

If you'd like to continue the adventure this weekend, we have two community missions going on. Join Michelle to rake the wild meadow on Turnham Green folowing its seasonal haircut, and then why not pop along to Feltham to clear a way to the river? With all this GG activity going on, it promises to be a fairy tale weekend...

From foodbanks to the riverside, schools to Chiswick House itself, we cover a variety of organisations for our tasks in Hounslow. One special one was our location last night. We were back for our regular visit to lend a hand to the sisters at the Comboni Centre.

The sisters here run a centre for spirituality where everybody is welcome. They have a huge garden which needs a lot of looking after, and as we were told last night, the youngest of them is in her 60s so some of the bigger jobs are tricky to do.

We were met by lovely Sister Expedita. As her name translates as speed or haste, it was very on brand for GoodGym! She took us round the area handing out jobs as we went.

Tish and Georgia got their hands on loppers and went straight to work on a big overhanging bush, while Paul and Chris were challenged with uprooting and moving various trees. Gus dispatched a huge root in record time but then had the job of sawing it up for the rest of the night. Meanwhile tree surgeons Luis and Emily had shot up a ladder outside, and Jon and Michelle got stuck in weeding and clearing flowerbeds. Will and Jonny were on weeding and clearing, and before long all the jobs were done and dusted!

We took a short run back to the green where we did three sets of three minutes working on three different muscle groups - glutes, abs and arms. With the backdrop of a beautiful sunset and the encouragement of Paul and Luis, we worked our way through them one by one, and finished off with stretches.

If you'd like to continue your week with some more GGing, then there are a number of missions happening, including helping set up an inclusive music event at Waterman's park on Saturday and Sunday.

With new term vibes in the air, we went back to Strand on the Green school to do a couple of big jobs last night.

So with half the group meeting at the Town Hall, we set off for the school to meet the rest of the team. I was ready to be bamboozled by the codes to get in as usual, but luckily Michelle and her super memory came to the rescue.

The painting team had quite the job in front of them, with two big walls to cover. They wasted no time getting started, with Georgia, Michelle and Lucy transforming the bricks from patchy to warm cream, and Gus tackling the highest patches of wall. But who ended up with the most paint on them, and who was the culprit? We may never know...

Meanwhile the pruning and clearing gang were hard at work by the pond and fence. Ivy was cut, brambles removed, holly trimmed, and after 45 minutes of hard work the area was clean, clear and ready for the kids to come back and enjoy.

We weren't going to pass up the opportunity of nice soft astroturf to do our fitness session, so we all found a comfy spot for core. Six different exercises including flutter kicks, toe taps and mountain climbers each for 45 seconds were repeated twice, giving us a good, thorough abs blast. All that was left was to run to the pub, enjoy Lucy's excellent stretching session and eat Luis' incredible cake for Remy's birthday!

Next week we're going back to the Comboni centre for some more gardening tasks to help out the sisters. See you there!