Our second visit to Portsmouth Disability Forum saw a return to previous tasks but this time in the proper dark! Due to all the outside bulbs going at once we were lit only by headtorches and one work light. We do love a challenge!

Tony got back into the planter digging whilst small groups cut back the scratchy bushes in the car park, painted the benches and gave the table another coat of blue and harvested the grapes off the vine (you have to look carefully in the dark photo but there's a pile of grapes there!). As no-one in the group had wine making skills we have left them for Lynne to ferment! Jo took the indoor job of shredding and made her way through a good pile of paper. Tracey joined us for her first GoodGym task - hope to see you again soon.

Post-task and group photo we headed to a well lit, quiet area for a game of domes and dishes. Jo refereed and apparently tried to take a video.... let's hope that doesn't become a You Tube viral hit. Well done to team domes for the 11-9 win (woop!). Nice to get the heart rate up with a bit of fun.

Then it was back through the colourful alleyways by Fratton Park (makes a change from the Fratton Road takeaway highway) and homeward bound after lots of discussions about cake to make us hungry. Judy mentioned it's her birthday tomorrow Happy Birthday, enjoy your day out and Charlotte came up with this week's pun thank you!

Next week we are going back to Manor Infants, where it all started back in May. There will also be a walking option, fancy dress, cakes (please feel free to bring your bakes) AND a curry afterwards (please bring cash if you're having curry). Now, that is A LOT of reasons to sign up to next week's group run/walk, hope to see you there!

A new task tonight and after the usual admin we headed south in the wind, trying to make sure we didn't have any Wizard of Oz moments and get swept off to another part of the City.

We ran down to PDF, which is based just behind Eastney Health Centre and Lynne met us with a selection of tasks. As the weather was dry, we opted for the outdoor tasks: digging out the raised beds; painting the "Rains Retreat" table and cutting back the prickly berry laden bushes that had been scratching the cars. What we lacked in numbers we made up for in work rate and within half an hour the bushes were under control, table painted, one raise bed was almost totally cleared and the other 2 were dug over in readiness for clearing. I think we might be back to help out again!

Our fitness session was inspired by the new marathon world record at the weekend. Eluid Kipchoge ran at an amazing pace that meant he was covering 100m every 17seconds. We did 6 lots of 17 second bursts in Milton Park and then wondered how on earth he kept up that kind of speed for 42.2km!

We finished back at base with a birthday biscuit for Jo - good luck for your hip operation - we hope to see you back at GoodGym soon.

Quick reminder that we'll be at Southsea Parkrun this weekend (and they are looking for volunteers if you don't want to run). And we'll be stopping for a cuppa afterwards. We will have a photo before the start this time so wear your red t-shirt!

Next week is another trip to the Lido. No swimming this time as it'll be dark when we finish! Sign up here, there will be a slower group setting off a little earlier (18:20)