6 goodgymers really made a difference!!! Lucie on her 50th mission worked wonders with Dani in the kitchen despite being short of staff. Farwaz, Abdulramen, David and Neill dod excellent work in setting up , hosting and clearing away. We provided delicious meals for 29 guests plus take aways. Main : egg curry and honey bismati rice Dessert : fruit salad

2 goodgymers David and Neill finished clearing the meadow of an invasive plant at Riverside. A hard job, well done!!!!

Two goodgymers joined with volunteers from Sundon Baptist Church supported participants at the cafe today to help with entertainment and cleaning.

This week's group run was in the middle of a week of stormy showers but fortunately for us, the last big shower of the day passed over just as we were meeting and then left us with a sunny evening to get to our task at the 61 football club a 2.5km run away.

The club was preparing for its 65th birthday celebrations at the weekend and we were pitching in to help get the ground looking smart for all the visitors due to attend the party.

We cut grass off the path, mopped inside and swept up the outside, leaving it all looking very well cared for, before heading back into town.

This week's group run was a return to the very long task of removing invasive goldenrod plants from the riverside meadow.

A few years ago when we started tackling this task the plant covered the whole meadow and was shoulder high all over. The big thick clumps took all our might to pull out.

After several seasons of pulling by us and other volunteer groups the meadow is showing massively improved biodiversity and the goldenrod that remains was just knee high little seedlings and shoots from fragments of root left behind last year. The pulling was also much easier as they didn't have as firm a grip of the ground.

With six of us picking our way between plants and pulling up piles of plants we made a huge impact toward finally getting this patch cleared. Plus we got it all done before it went to seed! We'll see what returns next year but it won't be much and we'll be back to finish it off once and for all.

With the Party in the Park coming up in a few weeks a huge team assembled to distribute information to all the residents who will be affected by road closures over the weekend.

Team from Goodgym joined those from the council, Noah, x-4rce and the international cafe to get out in groups and deliver all the letters.