Our task this evening was a bit different to the gardening sessions we've had for most of our Group Runs this summer. We found ourselves instead trying to drum up participants for the Portsmouth Coastal Marathon. A fab local charity, The Elizabeth Foundation, have kindly been given four charity spaces by Believe and Achieve, but they are yet to find runners to take them - enter GoodGym!

We enjoyed a windy but scenic tour of Portsmouth city centre, with new routes and areas being discovered by some members of the group. We visited Community Centres, supermarkets and Gyms, where we distributed posters and flyers. Top campaigner was Richard, who had all but convinced a gentleman at Box Fitness to take a place whilst we there!

We rounded off the evening with a cheeky drink at the Guildhall Village to toast our good work. Nice one, guys!

Maëlys joined us for her first Group Run this evening after a visit to Baffins Pond last weekend. Maëlys is just visiting Portsmouth for a holiday, so we are super grateful she chose to spend some of her break helping out!

Our main topic of conversation this evening was cricket. We found out that Ranjitha's husband plays for Portsmouth and that several of us have been enjoying The Hundred over the last couple of weeks. We were even joined by a cricket (or perhaps a grasshopper) whilst we worked, who was particularly fond of Judy!

I'm quite gutted we didn't get a "before" photo, because the difference we made to the weedy and leafy paths was huge! Lots of effort was put in to pulling weeds, sweeping brickwork and even sawing down an ivy and bramble infested stump. Barbara was once again very please with our work - well done, everyone!

After a last minute change of plan after our Task Holder had to cancel, we celebrated Dave's 500th Good Deed!

It was also a perfect introductory task for Ranjitha, who joined us for her second Good Deed this evening. She even found the obligatory pair of pants behind a bench!

After half an hour of picking up packaging and pruning bushes of sweet papers, we headed over to the Brewers Tap for a celebratory drink.

Nice work, everyone!