A wonderful way to start 2025 was meeting our awesome Lambeth GGers and heading out for the first group session of the year.

It was a triple celebration session and so with the blessing of the group I will keep the run report mercifully brief and cut the waffle so here we go:

• Lambeth GGers are amazing and came out in good numbers in the freezing cold
• We ran to Clapham to rescue Xmas trees not collected by the council and taking up pavement space
• We dragged, carried and dropped them at the Clapham Common collection site
• A fantastic 35 trees were collected to be composted and reused by Lambeth Council

Quote of the evening from Daniel on his 2nd ever session "There is only upside to this GoodGym thing!"

We ended the eve with some sweet treats as well.

Much love to everyone, on with the January Challenge and I look forward to seeing you next time!

It's the most wonderful time.... of the year! Last night was a lovely GG session (as ever tbh) with a good sized group and lots of folks sharing their various positive life experiences - it was enough to uplift the whole group to smash the task in record time.

Most of the group met at Papa's before setting off on the short run down to Swan Mews to meet with Mohah and our resident cyclists Marie-Noelle and Paul.

We had a triple task to finish off the work at the mews - rubbish clearance, compost shifting and a bit of digging so we split into three groups and set about the different tasks. The hive of activity was even enough to bring out the local residents who were taking note of how much better the gardens were now looking - I mean in all honesty how often do you need a full clothes rail on coasters in a planting garden......??

By just before the hour we were all done but had to solve a South London mystery, the fawcett for the gardens was turned on (over by the bins) but no water was coming out, what could be causing that? A quick bit of detective work found that a section of the hose pipe had been unscrewed and (presumably) nicked by someone for their own use meaning the water was pouring out into the pavement area.

With that now solved we could wash our hands and prepare for Ben's baking and even though it wasn't cookies which would have helped with the puns, the group was treated to both blondies and brownies and I can say they were absolutely delicious (warm, thick and gluten free!)

As we all set off that just left a reminder to join us for the GG Lambeth End of Year / Xmas party next week after our task - you can sign up here.

Thanks all!

Last night was a chilly one -- temperatures headed down towards freezing however the rain thankfully cleared and we were able to stay dry if not entirely unfrozen.

Ben and Yianny met at Papa's while Tilly headed directly to the task as she was carrying precious cargo (more shortly) where we were met by Jonathan who was covering for Mohah to let us in.

After the usual issues with the annoying padlock we managed to get in without having to break in which was great and Mohah had helpfully sprayed all of the items that were to be disposed of.

There were an incredible range of items including bed frames, timber, plastic items and everything in between so the three of us cracked on wheelbarrowing and carrying as much as we could over to the estate bins round the corner. This was a classic GG task with large piles of 'stuff' that needed to get from one place to another, so proper fitness was got.

It was muddy, it was soggy, our fingers were frozen but it was good fun and it was all worth it as Tilly had baked for the sweepstake and made delicious (I mean honestly they were amazing) Black Forest cookies.

We didn't quite manage to clear everything so one more session before year end is in order - keep your eyes open on the website for that one.

Thanks to all and see you at the next one :0)