The team was on a mission to move a mountain of soil from the pavement to the beds on the platform! We didn't quite crack the logistics of timing the bucket filling with carrying and delivering along the platform, but we certainly got a great workout from all the shoveling, lifting, and climbing up the steps. We also enjoyed the added bonus jobs of sweeping up spillages both on and off the platform (oops!) and some watering up on the embankment. It was a productive evening and a great opportunity for a social afterwards in the nearby Raynes Park Tavern to meet everyone properly.

The promised sunshine never appeared but that didn't dim our enthusiasm in the community garden. It's positively blooming at the moment, with brightly coloured flowers, and all sorts of herbs, veg and fruit in abundance, and a group of young children were enjoying a nature-inspired workshop. We were mostly weeding and tidying the space under Sarah's trusty supervision. It was great to meet Rob, who was previously a Goodgymer in Bath, and welcome him to Merton.

To keep fit as a community in these difficult social distancing times, GoodGym Bath hosted a virtual fitness session using Zoom. In total we had 9 runners exercising together and it was great fun!

We used the letters for 'GOODGYM BATH' using the poster attached to guide our workout. In fact, we were feeling ambitious so we actually did the 'BATH' part twice. The hardest part for me was the burpees and then the 45 second high knees (and then doing them again!). I was sore this morning!

Please let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions - we want to keep improving it for you!

Special thanks to Emily for remembering to keep count - I kept on forgetting!

Now more than ever we need to keep together as a community to help motivate each other to take care of our physical and mental health, so thanks to those of you who joined in to make this a success.

We will be running this at the same time next week. Routine to be confirmed but it will be using body weight, it will include lots of cardio and it will be about 35 minutes in duration. Hope to see you there.

See you tomorrow at the GG virtual pub quiz and next Tuesday for the next fitness session!