A smaller group of Lewisham GG-ers met at Glass Mill and started the journey to The Albany where I met them. Due to my slightly late arrival they were patiently waiting for me and we found there was going to be a change of task.

We're a flexible bunch and we switched straight to the new task of litter picking and spread out into even smaller groups to cover the entire garden.

We found a variety of items including some jazzy litter and a bike wheel! Otherwise it was slim pickings and it wasn't long before it was job done and we were heading to the social.

Next week we'll be heading back to The Albany to complete the original task of moving some rubble.

It was a small, but mighty group that left Glass Mill taking the scenic route through Brookmill Park (there were once lots of mills along the Ravensbourne) to The Albany, meeting Joseph at the door. We were given a brief tour - seeing the stage where a former Area Activator had once performed.

Its Open House weekend fairly soon and we were given video instructions as to what was needed - moving one side of a pile of wood chip to paths in the garden area. It was the first task of the season that needed head torches to see help with the raking on the path.

We had a busy night in store at the Albany, as while the lovely gardener there was away, they'd sent a wonderful video showing all the things that they'd like us to in preparation for a summer jamboree!

We needed to make sure their party went to plan! First timer Michael quickly got to work with several other moving a large pile of paving slabs to the side of the building. There was plenty of choice with the tasks with moving woodchip to a path, moving a large compost bin, along with the regular task there - litter picking. Everything was done plus a bit of pruning along the newly chipped path.

We had a lovely evening and hope to see Michael again soon! We were able to pose by the sunflowers, we had cleared and prepared the ground for them earlier in the year.

Something we discovered after the session was that the visit to the Albany completed an incredible 100 month streak of group sessions for the amazing Vic (pictured second left on the group photo).

It was time to revisit The Albany and we were following in the footsteps of a group of corporate volunteers who had been helping in the garden during the day.

Our tasks for the eve were either litter picking or digging up the soil around the compost bay to make it more defined area and more level.

We quickly split into teams and once we had all our tools we set off to tackle our tasks for the evening.

There was a lot of shoveling happening around the compost bay and then wheeling the excess soil away. It wasn't long before the brickwork edges of the path were revealed. We're not sure when they were last seen but with GoodGym's help they're now on show.

The rest of the group did a thorough litter pick of the garden. As always, we found a random assortment of items including a glove, a saw, a blanket and plenty of cans and bottles.

Great work everyone!! Next week we are heading to Luxmore Garden to continue weeding the flower beds.

First task of the evening involved everyone! We had to move three water tanks to the other side of the garden. World's strongest GoodGymer (Ivar) moved one on his own and then the other two needed everyone, not that they had a metal frame and water in or anything!

Next on the list was moving some wooden pallets and then moving part of the compost pile onto them. And then the final task was digging and an area where the 100 sunflowers are going to be planted. We can't wait to see how great that looks later in the year.

After a quick tidy up of tools and a group photo it was time to head back to Glass Mill.

With our trusty area activator away in different slopes, it was down to Julian to lead the run up to the Albany. We gathered in our usual starting point and were joined by Amine, making his GoodGym debut. Welcome Amine, hope to see you again soon!

After a quick warm up, we made our way to the task at a brisk pace, meeting a couple of the group as we arrived. Our brief for the evening was the usual litter pick and weeding, though we were warned there wasn't much of either. But, in true GG spirit, we searched high and low and did manage to fill a big bin bag!

After a group photo and some more of the flowers (Spring really is coming!), we ran back and finished off with a thorough stretch session! Well done, team!