Kirsty joined myself and John this morning. John had arrived early again and done most of the work by setting out the tables. We put the chairs out and were soon done - plenty of time for a café visit afterwards!

We 3 arrived at 08:30 to find the front door locked but the side door open . we set to and got everything set up before the Age UK staff arrived! Hunt the table is a popular part of the setting up process as they could have been left in any of the many different rooms. All done and dusted in time for coffee and a bacon butty at Ruby's which opens at 9!

John was the early bird this morning, arriving a good 15 minutes before Vicky (who was looking very glam in her work dress) and myself arrived. This meant that most of the tables had already been put out so all that was left to do was to move the last table into position and put out the chairs. We had a chat with the task owner and agreed to list the following weeks' tasks a bit earlier (8.30am) which may enable others to join pre-work. A nice, quick and easy task!

Four Goodgymers (which became 5 when a Tristan spotted us and joined in) met up on a beautiful sunny morning to help set up for the Keep Your Pet event.

We were given one gazebo to put up then told we weren’t needed for anything else. Feeling cheated we decided to loiter and offer our services to various stall holders and the agility course people and our taunting for jobs was rewarded with the erection of several more gazebos (some more complicated than others) and fencing off the agility area.

We even fitted in a bit of junior parkrun cheering and a post task coffee at Jenna’s

On a grey September Sunday morning, a crack team of 4 GoodGymmers headed to the Knavesmire to help Age UK set up their annual Keep Your Dog event.

We'd been asked if some GoodGym runners can help with the setting up for an event being run to support the Keep Your Pet scheme. Keep Your Pet is a service which helps people meet their pets' needs while in hospital or recovering from time there; their support includes walking dogs, popping round to feed pets, and so on.

We helped put up a few gazebos and pen out an area to be used for the dog agility course later in the morning, being careful to avoid the junior parkrun happening meters away. - before long we were done, and we headed to grab some brunch with Mitch who had just been on important clipboard duty at the junior parkrun (the run report title is both a hilarious pun linking gazebo erection and our canine beneficiaries, and a reference to Mitch's favourite style of dancing probably).

On an early Sunday morning, 4 GoodGymers went down to the Knavesmire to help set up a fair for 'Keep Your Pet'. Keep Your Pet are an amazing service set up by AgeUK and RSPCA York who provide short term assistance for domestic pet owners who are older or vulnerable and living in the York and Selby areas at times of ill-health or other emergencies. These services include feeding and walking pets and short term fostering.

We arrived and offered to assist in any way needed. Whilst we helped out with unloading and moving tables and chairs, our main task was to set up the gazebo's. Luckily as we have been camping a lot recently, we all (...mainly Leanne) knew exactly what to do and made quick work of setting them up.

We were also available to help when any volunteer required some assistance:

Can I have all volunteers around the back of the van

Are we about to be kidnapped? Abi

Whilst we were setting up the stalls, junior Parkrun was happening nearby and we needed to make sure not to get in the way. Luckily Nick was on hand to keep us away! Despite that we all still found the time to give the runners a cheer.

After an hour of graft, the fair was set up and it was job well done. What better way to celebrate than an long run...or cup of tea.