Today's soundtrack

18 Goodgymmers played chicken with the weather as they chased the rainbow and lent a hand to the Osborne Grove Homeless Shelter.

A Maudlin Interval

Good ol' Gramps reached his 100th Good Deed yesterday. And what a crazy ride it's been indeed. He'd wanted to fly under the radar - after the last couple of years we've had, we have missed out on so many birthday and milestone celebrations, it felt almost self-indulgent to make any sort of noise about his own. But Goodgym Haringey folk are a wonderful and sneaky sort and they had made so much cake and prepared such a beautiful celebration, that even a tough old grump like Gramps couldn't fail to be touched. Here's hoping that as things slowly gain some semblance of normality, we can have a big social to celebrate every single one of our lovely Haringey Goodgymmers to make up for all those celebrations we have missed out on. <3

Also, Happy Birthday to our very own Super Sarah!

Somewhere clover the rainbow....

As we met Samson from the Osborne Grove Homeless Shelter last night, the weather was having a moment: part blue skies, part stormy clouds, beautiful rainbow over us. Ok, that sounds almost idyllic - it was in fact pretty wet.

But on we went, and got on with the job at hand. Last week we sorted out the front of the Grove and last night was the turn of the back garden. It was a big job. We saved a lovely blanket of clover in the middle of the garden but other than that, everything else got a pretty hefty post-lockdown haircut.

We also cleared all the moss and weeds from the tiles and liberated all the benches from overgrown stinging nettles.

By the time it came to cut the cakes, the garden was looking ace.