Two GoodGymers set off from Stepney Bank Stables, bound for the Quayside and armed with litter pickers and bin bags. They managed to get the task done before the downpour came shortly afterwards, which was good timing.

Five bags were filled with litter and deposited in bins. Some areas tonight were so badly littered that it looked like a bin had exploded. A successful evening, including a couple of new roads and footpaths explored.

Good deed 1: tailwalker at Mowbray Park Junior Parkrun - it was a warm one, tough going with my little last place pal doing Sonic bursts every couple of minutes!

Good deed 2; litter picking in the park to make it nice and safe for our runners and for the park users. Saturday must have been Pizza and Beer in the Park night!

Good deed 3: part 2 of my leafleting task for Macmillan Cancer coffee morning.

Two GoodGymers helped Newcastle Council with weeding in Walker park. Me and Chris got stuck in and weeded around the out of the wild flower area be make the edges look neat and tidy. It was a very satisfying task!

After a quick tea and coffee break so then started pulling up bond weed from an adjacent flower bed which was smothering all the plants in the flower bed. We managed to pull up a lot of it and fill several bags.

Finally for the last ten minutes we help dismantle a form which was very cool but unfortunately was a massive fire risk of being set alight by teenagers!

Overall the season flew over with a variety of taskes!

On a very windy evening in Newcastle, thankfully Stepney Bank Stables' top yard has some very high walls and fantastic levels of shelter. The task tonight was to prepare the walls to be painted and, if time allowed (it didn't), paint them.

Three GoodGymers set to work scraping and brushing the walls to remove any loose material and dirt. Scott braved the ladder to extend the reach of the task. Quite a lot of material was removed from the walls, making for a successful evening.

It was a wet one at Whitley Bay junior parkrun. I was timing for the first time at Whitley Bay and the first time with over 30 young runners - we ended on 136! I had to put my phone in a sandwich bag to stop the rain drops registering as extra runners! But dispite the rain it was still a lovely morning.

My first foray into the Volunteer Coordinator role at Mowbray Park Junior Parkrun today. Just learning the ropes and getting into the swing of things!

Brilliant turnout despite the weather, lovely to see so many bunnies hopping around the park too!