For those who don't believe in Autumn starting on the 1st of September, last night there was no escape from the equinox marking the start of the darker half of the year. Headtorch season was on. After a 2km run in Walpole Park, four Ealing GoodGymers, who were about to start their task, concluded it was already time for the work lights.

The only tool Harvey, Steph, Sevan and Kash needed for tonight's job was a pair of thick, long gloves. Was falconry a new GoodGym discipline? The quartet hoped to get an Ealing Eagle landing on their gloves - and, ideally, in their team - yet, not many runners ventured to the park nighttime. What's more eccentric than running in an unlit park after dark? Pulling thistles in an unlit park after dark! The GoodGymers ticked off both oddities in a single night, and removed three trolleys of invasive plants in an hour - the result equally good as last week!

Next week we're going to give the thistles a break and take down the signs after the best half marathon that is happening this week - sign up now!