As the leaves on the trees start to turn brown, 19 runners ran along the river path to St John's Court to paint some outdoor furniture. This was a shorter run meaning we could spend even more time improving our painting skills!

Welcome Mark, Alicia, Ali and Ruth!

We met at our usual spot outside the Leisure Centre. We welcomed 4 new runners to the group tonight: Mark, Alicia, Ali and Ruth. The runners came to find out more about GoodGym and quickly got involved and became part of the team.

Well done Mary on 150!!!!!!

A big "WELL DONE" to Mary, one of the original GoodGym Bath team, on achieving a massive 150 good deeds!

Great job Allie!

Also a massive shout out to Allie who has just racked up 25 good deeds. Keep up the good work!

We ran along the river Avon and got to our task quickly. St John's Court is a sheltered housing service for older people. The team there provide a supportive and social environment where people can maintain their indepedence while also being part of a larger community. There is a large outdoor decking space where residents can relax and enjoy the sunshine. It is also the perfect spot for friends and family to sit when they visit.

We have been to help them out before 2 months ago and this was the second part of a larger task to improve their garden furniture.

Paint by numbers

A number of us broke into small teams to paint the wooden chairs a delicate cream colour. We were painting the front, back, sides and seat to make sure the chairs looked new and fresh. Also, the paint will provide useful resistance to the winter weather in a few months time.

Brushing up on our painting skills

Other runners split into teams to improve some large wooden tables with some calming eggshell blue paint. These are used all the time and we gave them a new lease of life with our brushwork.

No paint no gain

Chris and some of the residents kindly provided us with some juice to give us a sugar boost. After the break we found another 4 chairs to paint! We got stuck into the challenge and worked hard to make sure we left on time!

Woodn't you believe it

Overall we managed to paint a whopping 18 chairs and finished painting the 2 large tables. Chris and her team were incredibly pleased with what we achieved for them. She was particularly impressed by how enthusiastic and energetic we were and has requested we come back soon to help the team put up their Christmas Decorations. Fingers crossed we can arrange this - keep a lookout on the run listings!

Thanks to Dan and Emma for backmarking for us tonight. And thanks to Emma and Mark for tonight's pun!

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