Daryl, Eleanor,and Janet meet at the Brewhouse for the short run across the Town to St Peters Church where we meet Milly, Sophie and Emma.We soon set to and started the Litter Pick the main word i kept hearing was how clean it is but we still managed to fill two black bin bags full of litter some very random items where found Eleanor found a Crystal ball,Janet found a pair of pants with a peach print on it and a Jumper,Daryl found an old Syrup of figs bottle . It was great to see every one brave the cold windy evening for this great task Keeping the town center church grounds clean, i look forward to seeing you all on the next task.

We have been reunited with our friends at St Peter's Church and they had asked if we could do a litter-pick of their grounds. It's been a while since we have visited and it was still as lovely as ever, even in the dark! Eleanor, Daryl and Caprice met for a little Group Run to the task and they bumped into Paul who was already hard at work with his own bag and picker! Paul loves a litter-pick session! It's was dark so head torches at the ready. Tonight's treasures consisted of mostly, cans and bottles,nothing new there but randomly Eleanor did find a bag of books! After filling two big bags the gang called it

Tonight was the kind of night where in 2019 quite a few would have decided to stay home and stay warm rather than brave the cold. But 2020 GoodGym Bournemouth are stronger, more determined and even more amazing!

15 of us weren't deterred by the cold and wet weather, and we even had our first walking option available!! That's really exciting. It mean that we were able to have Sue back on a task for the first time since the 20th of November accident. Wohoo welcome back Sue.

Emma was also making her comeback after knee surgery, and it was her first run back since the 20th of November too! What are the odds??? Hope to have both of you ladies back with us injury free soon!

Caprice is edging ever closer to the mystical 200 good deed mark, super exciting!! Next week could be the one to get you to the mark!? Drinks to celebrate???

So last time were were at St Peters it chucked it down and we were really grateful to be cleaning indoors. This week we were semi hoping for the same as it was cold, dark and wet...and those combined with litter picking in a cemetery aren't top of the list for many people....but we're GoodGymers and we're pretty badass!

Fredrika and Sue headed off on their walk which is a direct route of around 800m and the rest of us went on a little 2.5km detour around the back roads exploring new places and catching up on all the week's gossip. When we arrived at the church Fredrika and Sue already had bin bags ready so we passed out gloves for everyone and used our super powerful and blinding butterfly lights to guide our way.

We found handbags, lots of wrappers, duvets, bike racks, bike lights, a domino and lots of cans! All in all we filled 5 bags worth of rubbish and didn't come across any ghosts or zombies!

Thank you to Marianne for back marking for us again! Hannah for taking some nice shots of her team and Fredrika for leading the walking group!

With the gang close to getting pneumonia in their hands the decision was made to set off and head back to base to warm up and get some much deserved food at home!

Next week we're down to go and help out at Hope Housing, or it may change and we could head to the Sovereign Center to help put a second coat of paint on the green mile for It's All About Culture. Stay tuned to the website to find out!

Well done everyone on coming out and doing some good in your community! Hope you're all wrapped up warm with food in your bellies!

13 Super heroes turned up on the wettest....windiest.....coldest night of the year!!! 13!!!!!

It was our first time meeting at our wonderful new meet up location. The Marsham Court hotel, high up on the East Cliff just off Bournemouth Pier....not the best evening to admire the surroundings, but on a nicer evening you can overlook the the beach and the pier....and probably not get blown away by the wind!

The idea was to do a leaflet drop....but with conditions being near arctic, running around with paper in our hands didn't seem like the wisest thing to do. Having full faith in the iPhone weather app, we decided to have an alternative in place....just in case...you know, the app got it right for once.....and it was right.... The lovely Jane at St Peter's Church was only too happy to have us come and clean and polish the inside of the beautiful church....and despite the gang being super disappointed about not being stuck out in the rain all evening, they eventually warmed to the idea of the church.

We set off on a little detour, with only a drizzle and some gail force winds to contend with....by the time we had run 10 minutes the weather turned to gail force winds and a torrential downpour...although Amber wanted to keep on going in the rain to make sure she got her hair fully wet, we pulled into the nearest overhang of a department store to play 1v1 rock paper, scissors....whilst I ran to the church to see if Jane was ready for us....

it turned out Jane found the gang looking like drowned rats and brought them over to the church to meet me instead and let us in to find shelter from the rain.

Shaking ourselves off we soon got down to some serious cleaning and posing and in record time the place was looking spotless again, ready for the community to use and enjoy.

Laurie managed to look "glowing" in our artistic circle shot, obviously so angelic that she couldn't hide her halo!

With time creeping up on us we had to say goodbye and head outside....hoping that the rain had stopped and apparently our good deed was noticed by a higher power...clearing the way for our run back to the Hotel.

We gathered to talk about our Christmas Do this year and to have a drink at our very own private bar. Fredrika used her I.T. skills to set up a poll on the Messenger chat. We are looking at Friday and Saturday's in December. The idea is to gather at my place, bring a plate of food and drinks, devour them here and then eventually head into town for a boogie. If you're not on Facebook and would like to come please let me know via email and I'll add your vote to the list. All Friday and Saturday's in December except Friday 20th.....and the last date being Saturday 21st.

Next week we are doing the flyer drop we missed out on this week....pray for better weather people!!!

Well done everyone!! Amazing that so many of you made the effort to come on such a crazy night!!

On a beautifully sunny day, we gathered at the entrance of the church with massive smiles on our faces, feeling a great sense of relief.

....we are back to doing good with our favourite people!!

The excitement of socialising re-energising my legs into an evening run for the first time in almost a year!

Sarah didn’t have a great start to her day but we quickly turned that around by collecting litter and chatting and laughing.

Hannah was brave enough to tear herself away from her baby boy for an hour, which was great for us!

John celebrated his end to shielding FOR A YEAR!!! Let that sink in... .....by filling bags of rubbish and dodging syringes!!! Let that sink in..... Hahahahahaha

It was so lovely to be together again. And great to see the church has revamped their grounds...which meant we had to find all new rubbish hotspots...it didn’t take us long!!

We filled 6 bags full of rubbish, from crab claws to hot water bottles to jeans and shoes, perfectly reusable Pimm’s jug and still wrapped, tuna cans!!

All magical finds and excited to see what next weeks litter pick in kings park will come up with!

Are you signed up to come along???

We were unable to get inside the church so we joined the outside group and did a litter pick of epic proportions.

Definitely allowing us to skip purgatory....

Read the report for the litter pick to find out what happened to this group!