On a Friday night in Brentford, 4 GoodGymers arrived at the Digital Dock at different times. The departure schedule from the dock meant that they boarded and set sail on different flagships, which took them to parallel buntiverses.

Sevan set sail with 2 other voyagers whose flagship docked at the piazza, next to Sevan's favourite Brentford coffee stop, Flagger & Heart. Their first task was to put 4 lengths of bunting around the perimeter of the piazza. They looked for hooks and eyelets which no longer existed in this buntiverse. Instead, they made creative use of some drain pipes and light fixings to string 2 rainbow lengths between the buildings.

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Kash and Maria's later departure paired them up with another volunteer, Deborah. Their flagship weighed anchor in another buntiverse on the High Street. The GoodGymers were naturally drawn to gazebos that were being erected, but the whole point of a buntiverse is to give GoodGymers endless bunting related tasks. Untangle, put up, take down, retangle, repeat. Perpetual GoodGym fun. Much like the Hotel California, you can flag down a bus, but you can never truly leave. There's only temporary bunting reprieve.

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Sevan's team moved to the Brentford sundial where he learned that in the buntiverse there was no time (or there was no shadow on the sundial, at least). His watch was still working though. The bunting opportunities looked poor here, but Sevan had a vision that no one else could see. Climbing high into a tree, he managed to get the string across a busy path without strangling any of tomorrow's festival goers, eventually, once the bunting was taught enough.

"Story of my life. I thought it was going to go higher then it drooped down." - Volunteer

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Brenda arrived in Kash and Maria's buntiverse where there were also issues with slack lines. Brenda made sure everything was tight and true while Kash and Maria were going up and down ladders, tying knots. As well as ladders, Kash was asked to go over a chicken, which made her do a double take until someone explained that there was a Kentucky Flagged Chicken sign directly in the bunting's path.

Soon after, the GoodGym trio and Deborah reached the end of their line at a bus dock and flagged down a service back to their normal universe.

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Sevan too was close to completing the tasks in his buntiverse. After completing a stretch of bridge bunting, then marking a trail to the local art gallery, he also found himself at a bus dock as a return service appeared.

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Back in the real world, before they headed back to their normal lives, task owner Sam was full of praise for the GoodGym team's efforts:

"If you weren't helping us, we wouldn't have finished at 7. We would have still been here/in the buntiverse for hours more."

For each of the GoodGymers, the buntiverses will keep a hold on them and, when the time is right, will transport them back into worlds that worship fabric triangles.

Last night we headed off for one of those classic GoodGym tasks: lots to do, not many tools to do it with.

Our mission was simple enough on paper — empty the contents of a compost bin into a nearby raised bed. What we had available was... well, a couple of spades. Wheelbarrow,bags, buckets? Nope.

Undeterred, we got stuck in and began the laborious process of moving compost one shovelful at a time. Progress was steady rather than speedy, but perseverance is one of GoodGym's core strengths.

Then Dan had a bright idea and went exploring to see whether there might be anything useful nearby. Success! He returned with a plastic storage box, which immediately was pressed into action and sped things up considerably.

With our upgraded equipment, we made progress and managed to get through most of the compost bin by the end of the session.

We were helped along the way by visits from two enthusiastic dogs, who provided both moral support and a welcome excuse to pause for a few minutes and throw some sticks.

A great effort proved again that determination can make up for a surprising lack of equipment. Next week we'll be heading to the Abbey Centre for another evening of doing good. Hope to see you there!

Today, wasn't just about moving bags, it was about people showing up for each other. Two GoodGym volunteers formed a human chain with Traid staff on a narrow winding staircase, passing over 70 bags hand to hand with care and determination. Step by step, bag by bag, they helped bring everything up to the shop floor so Traid staff could get clothes back on the rails. A small team, a bif effort and a powerful reminder of what can happen when people come together.