Three of us made it to the early morning set up and made sure things were done in good time before either heading to parkrun or more sensibly going for breakfast.

4 crafty GG Yorkies got together to attend a Kinusaiga workshop: the japanese craft of "quilt painting". Our workshop host had some pre-prepared patterns to get us started, as well as some blank sheets of paper for the braver participants to create their own.

• Amy honed in on a maple leaf pattern to celebrate her Canadian heritage
• Jane celebrated her love of camping with a campsite scene
• Ellie was brave and designed her own
• Leanne took a pre-drawn landscape and edited it to incorporate a famous mountain that she recently climbed (but has barely mentioned since)

Our two hours flew by with most of us finishing our artwork. Amy had chosen a more intricate design, which she didnt quite finish, so she grabbed some takeaway fabric to finish it off later.

We stopped off at the shop to buy some craft supplies on the way to the pub so that Amy could finish her work over a celebratory pint.

November's clothes swap was busy but luckily we had a ridiculous amount of GGs out with 8 goodgymmers heloing ensure things went smoothly.

It was Gemma's second task after doing her first at Planet Food and she put in a sterling effort getting stuff onto hangers with Kirsty whilst the rest of us concentrated on getting the clothes out.

Excellent fun as always.

Accompanied by a backdrop of fireworks 5 GGers helped out with various jobs at the Ghosts in the Dark event being held all week at Museum Gardens. Worth checking out if you not seen it before and we helped keeping safe and guiding the publuc around. A really friendly event so although quite a long shift everyone we all enjoyed ghosts and story telling alike and chatting to the visitors...

A huge thank you to Gemma who joined us as a sparkling new Goodgym member. With a whiz, pop, zoom, we soon had the job done. There were a few sparks flying as Mikael accidently compared Becs to Maggie Thatcher (Ouch! What a banger!) But the fire of community spirit still works in this GG team! Gemma

It's Tuesday morning and time to set up the tables and chairs for Age UK. A task swiftly completed by Bethany, Liam & Claire. Just a quick reshuffle required to make room for the chair exercises taking place later in the day. Chairobics for both the wonderful GoodGymers and the clients today!