A satisfying Monday evening was spent picking litter around Heaton, after Heaton Pride at the weekend. It wasn't just GoodGymers tonight, there were people from Newcastle City Council and some Heaton Pride volunteers too.

We joined some of the people involved with Heaton Pride for a quick drink afterwards in The Last Resort, a small pub on Heaton Road.

GoodGym red and parkrun yellow, blue green algae in the pond. Orange cones and I’m sure there are some indigo and violet flowers in there to complete the rainbow of colours at Saltwell Park Junior parkrun this morning! Not to mention the riot of colours on display in the running outfits of the enthusiastic children completing their 2k this morning. Always a lovely way to kick off Sunday!

For the first time in a long time I actually did some running myself! Just a short run there and back but it felt good! Great to see the kids and cheer them on in their own running goals as well.

Love to see Mowbray Park on a morning, ducks, birds and rabbits - a Sunday safari!

Well, me and the Newcastle Parks rangers were sorely needed today at Hodgkin Park. We arrived to someone’s idea of fun - a burnt out wheelie bin and rubbish strewn everywhere.

We made quick work of that and I did a lap of the park collecting more rubbish.. including an abandoned Croc and a ball which had seen happier times.

After that, we got to work clearing the weeds and grass from around the bench with the best view in Benwell (forgot to take a photo… you’ll need to go and find out for yourself!)

Two GoodGymers leafleted for Heaton Pride in Heaton. This was our third task leafleting for Heaton Pride and the last of our leaflets. We need to get them out sharpish before the first event at 8pm that evening!

Luckily the streets in Heaton are long terraces so we managed to get hundreds of leaflets delivered within an hour allowing us to post a total of around 1,500 this week!

Anji completed three good deeds in one! As well as delivering hundreds of leaflets she also rang a doorbell to tell a women she had left her house keys in the front door and helped direct me out of where I was parked after as I ended up a bit blocked in!

If you are around this weekend check out Heaton Pride! We are also doing a litter pick to help tidy up after the event on Monday with a cheeky social after at the tipsy toad.

Sunday June 22nd had been designated as Olympic day at junior parkrun. Four GoodGymers plus Aly Dixon, an Olympic marathoner from Sunderland, turned up to help at Mowbray Park junior parkrun.

A downpour just before the start didn't dampen spirits as the event had its second highest ever attendance!