We were at St Christopher's for our Saturday morning community mission, where we were asked to focus on tidying up the front of the building, chopping back the hedges blocking the view from the office window and sweeping up the autumn leaves starting to fall.

We signed in and headed to the back garden where the tools are kept in the shed, happy to find new brooms even if we weren't so lucky with garden shears and the hedge trimmer was missing its battery.

We got to work and made quick progress chopping (Chris and JP) and sweeping (Africa and Manuela) and were soon filling multiple black bags with cuttings and leaves.

At the end of the allotted time we admired our handiwork, took our group selfie and headed off for a well-earned Saturday.

A hot evening did not stop a hot effort from all six GoodGymmers this evening who put everything into the vast garden at St Christopher's Fellowship in East Twickenham.

Cutting back, weeding, turning over soil, strimming and sweeping were the order of the evening, across the front and back gardens. But this evening the most stark divide was not front and back but other side of the garden's own fox superhighway: a visible path across the lawn where foxes travel every night! We took our photo along this smart motorway and I'm sure the team were happy it only involved silly walking and not fox impressions!

It was hot in Richmond tonight!

Joining the national football hangover after the country shared a crazy late night/early morning to watch England make the World Cup quarter finals, we took a very sensibly-paced run over to East Twickenham to St Christopher's Fellowship. They have had a huge cutback in the garden since our last visit which means it was less about hacking and taming and more finessing. JP set about mowing the lawn with the new mower, Chris tackled the front hedge, Africa went for the brambles that have shoots everywhere, Manuela focused on clearing the back patio area and Liz got stuck into clearing the pond.

All-in-all, another team effort to be proud of for the crew in red and white!

GG was back at St Christopher's, where we focused our attention to the front driveway. Leaves were swept away and the driveway was also cleared of excess tree pollen and soil. Shrubs and trees were also trimmed. We enjoyed the sunshine and look forward to coming back here to tackle the back garden.

This evening we headed over Richmond Green and across the bridge into East Twickenham to visit St Christopher's Fellowship. We know the garden very well and there is always a lot to do to tidy things up but even more so after all that rain followed by sun, the garden had grown a lot since our last visit!

We welcomed Debs from Richmond Council who got stuck in with Liz, Adam and Suze working to clear the vegetable patches of some very abundant weeds! Debs went to town on a stubborn Pyracantha but that one may require a second chapter!

JP and Chris did a lovely job hedge trimming while Jenna, Lucy, Nina and Monika cleared up the lovely drive at the front of the building.

A busy and energetic evening for all with the compost heap swelling by the end!

A big shout-out to Monika who completed a mega 50km hiking challenge yesterday and to Lucy who is running the London Marathon this weekend and Adam who is walking the virtual version. ⚡

It has been a while since we headed to St Christopher's in East Twickenham, but we know the place well! Their amazing huge garden and front drive look very grand but need frequent maintenance to prevent weeds and plants taking over, making it look unkempt and making stairs and patios risky to walk on. Between the lot of us we swept up, scrapped moss, cut back bushes, weeded and put the waste in the compost for a good hour. There is always more to do there but it does feel satisfying to see things tidied up.

The task owner was very grateful for our efforts and we felt pretty good about them too!