We returned to Archer Acadamy this week to help Maaike, the science teacher, with the pond. There was more digging, sand fetching, pile consolodating, jumping, dancing and posing.

As always, we started at the wonderful Phoenix, where we were greeted by two GG Barnet newbies: Gary and Kim. Give them a cheer!

Freya lead us ALL THE WAY to the school (500m), while Paul was our trusty back-marker. Maaike was there to meet us at Archer Acamdey once again, and went off to fetch us the mattock whilst we collected the spades and wheelbarrows. Let the digging commence.

With twice as many GG-ers this week, we were able to split into teams: the diggers, the movers and the sand fetchers. Everybody did a fantastic job transforming the hole into an almost pond! We managed to get the pond down about a foot and a half, lay the sand, pound it into the ground with some very energetic jumping and consolodate all the stuff for the wildlife to nest in by the pond. The jumping was helped along by Destiny's Child and Girl's Aloud (thanks, Dorian.

We then finished up with a game of tag, some relays and a quick circuit on the netball court, before running back to base for biscuits. Well done to Paul for the speedy circuit!

The Barnet Biscuit of the Week: Chocolate Bourbons

Well done to Hazel and Damian for getting their black GG shirts! And to Heather for already passing the 100km mark this month! That's some epic running and do-gooding folks!

Don't forget about the movie night at the Phoenix tomorrow, it's free if you've come to 10 or more sessions. Sign up here. If you're unsure if you qualify, drop me an email and I'll check!

And we have a Barnet mission on Sunday marshalling and pacing a 5km and 10km run around Ally Pally / Highgate Woods. Sign up here.

Next week we will be running back to Dell Fields to paint some garden furniture. Sign up here

See you soon! Pennie