Southwark News

• Lianne has been doing good since March 2015. She's been injured so we haven't seen her for a while but she's been busy nontheless because she just reached 100 good deeds! A massive achievement congratulations Lianne! Give her a cheer by clicking here.

• This Saturday 24th December we're having a Christmas Decorations Party. It's hosted by Helena, bring your craftiness! Sign up here.

• Which leads nicely onto the GoodGym Christmas party! It's on 1st December at the Old Library it'll be an absolute blast! Sign up here. Aaaaaannnd whether you're coming or not, weigh in on what we should fancy dress as - the theme is the first letter of your GoodGym area - vote in the poll before Friday here.

• A big hello and welcome to Rai-lee and Becca who joined us for the first time last night. They did a stellar job at the Tigers Clubhouse and nailed the run, particularly on the way back.

• Next week we're going to Galleywall Nature Reserve for some planting. All being well, half the group will go to present-wrap at the Giraffe House. Both runs are 6km. Sign up here.

That's enough of the business

Last night we gathered in the bitter cold, extremely grateful that the rain had passed long before our run. Phew! After a briefing we ventured outside for a warm-up featuring lots of bunny hops and a cameo from a passerby. Fully warmed up, off we went to go see Vernon at Tigers Clubhouse to do some painting and tidying. He had a list of tasks ready for us:

• Paint the damp patches in the bathroom

• Re-paint the blackboard

• Sweep and tidy the attic

• Empty, clean and re-organise the storeroom

• Clean the kitchen

We spent just over half an hour there and got everything done. The biggest feat was the storeroom which required super-speed cleaning, removing brackets from the wall (involving some sensible screwdrivering and some not-so-sensible yanking), and putting everything back in an orderly fashion. The kitchen was sparkly clean by the end (cleaning is suprisingly cathartic!) and the attic was in excellent shape. Stuart found his calling in the toilets and we were delighted to leave the clubhouse looking in such good nick. A great evening had by all!

The run back was a bit more direct and we killed it. After a stretch we headed next door to Batch (the third Wednesday of the month is social night) for a drink and some interesting conversations about non-gendered classrooms, micro-pigs that aren't really micropigs and polygamy.

Great work everyone, see you next week!

Lucy