Tonight, 11 GoodGymers celebrated the return of the lighter evenings! It's felt like a long winter, so spirits were high tonight.

We headed up to Stainbeck United Reformed Church to clear an area of brambles by the car park. We pruned, trimmed, brushed, litter picked & filled 3 huge sacks of debris. We could notice a huge difference when we left, well done team! Lydia got stuck into the brambles, picking all sorts of weird & wonderful things out including a car wheel, a radio & several items of clothing.

Helen took us on a magical mystery tour on the run back to Heart, encountering a bomb shelter & two horses who didn't bat an eyelid as we ran through their field. We must have made friends since last time!

Welcome to David who joined us this evening and Lyn who organised the session.

Great work team!

This evening, 12 GoodGymers came together to do a quick clean at Heart before using the space for our second group sound bath.

I'd like to thank everyone for helping me out with my training to become a sound bath practitioner. For two group case studies, I've had a very willing group of GoodGym members as participants:)

The space isn't ideal as there was some distractions so I would need a quieter space next time.

Lovely to see Tav visiting from GoodGym Colchester & it was also good to see some weekenders join us on a Wednesday too.

We finished off with a search for a phone and a drink in the bar where we talked about Jubz's new car...I even got a guided tour!

Five GoodGymers made their way to Surplus2Purpose. It was a unusual busy Saturday for volunteers with around ten volunteers in total which sounds like a dream but sadly that day, the stock was running a little low so wasn't a great deal to do.

The team spent most of their on QC, around carrots and oranges as well as odd little tasks here and there. The team rewarded themselves by stocking their baskets with croissants, crisps, drinks and lots of fruit and veg!

After several changes in task this week, 8 GoodGymers still got together to run around 4.5K and to litter pick around the Hyde Park Corner area. We filled 8 bags with Christian & Katie being the champions and filling theirs the fullest! Car wheels and dead squirrels were found along with many, many cigarette ends.

A few milestones were reached tonight; Jason completed his 35th good deed & Christian & Shannen both completed their 30th! Well done guys & keep up the good work.

Thanks to Helen for another great run.

This morning, 2 GoodGymers swapped tales of sailing and paddle boarding whilst filling wheel barrows full of wood chip and taking it down to Coffee on the Crescent. We raked it out underneath the benches ready for spring/summer. It was really nice to chat to and get to know Lloyd more :) see you paddle boarding soon!

Last night, 5 GoodGymers ran 2.5K to meet Beth at Community Streets to line and paint planters for their project to create the first Community Street in Leeds. We missed Helen and her expert knowledge of the streets of Headingley as we got slightly lost coming off the ridge, but we found it in the end thanks to Jason and Google maps.

It was nice to get there & it still be light...we're nearly into lighter GoodGym evenings!

At one point, Beth gave instructions about the ruts & I mistakenly thought she said rat, creating a moment of panic!

Good work everyone.