Five GoodGymers made their way down to The Attic for a big evening of Ceilidh dancing. Jubz made a big dumb by arriving an extra hour early because he put it into his diary wrong.

Regular Erica invited us all down and the four of us had a great time as newbies. All the attendees were really friendly and happy to dance with each other, strangers were all close friends for the night despite how sweaty we all got

What a gem of a place and activity, we are all dying for next month's session which is on Friday 25th September, we've only started buying tickets before they sell out again!

Tonight was the only Wednesday of the year that we didn't do a task, as we celebrated with our summer social instead. We headed to Beckett Park for a game of rounders which everyone enjoyed and Alice led a game of tag...which was absolutely exhausting!! Joao, Alice & Billy were 'on' and did a good job, but eventually we wore them out!

We cancelled our picnic as rain was forecast (even though it didn't materialise), so we headed to the pub & ordered some very questionable pizza. Was it toast or was it pizza...who knew?!

Thanks for a great night all.

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In the words of Erica, Helen had 'pure steamer joy' tonight whilst watching the eclipse through her veg steamer! Luckily Adam also brought some eclipse glasses so he shared them with 14 of us! Thanks Adam! We got a good view at the beginning & end of the session which was amazing to see.

We headed to OWLS allotments to fix raised beds & to do our usual weeding. We also had a journalism student come to interview us about all things GoodGym. Adam & I both got interviewed...let's hope we come across OK!

We got everyone's hopes up on the way back as we were going to get ice cream but sadly the queue was too long! Next time.

It was nice to welcome Maya, a member of the Young Leaders group who started tonight. Welcome!

Another lovely evening at Meanwood Farm.

Jason, Helen & Erica took their role of caring for cucumbers very seriously, removing mites that were invading them...Helen is so committed, she wants to go & check on them!

Chloe, Rachael, Katie, Shannen & I headed to the Orchard to remove foliage from below the trees with blunt sheers & the rest of the group weeded. There's always lots of weeds at this time of year!

Welcome to Anisah on her first GoodGym task, we hope to see you again soon.

Thanks for another great task all, it's always a pleasure.

This afternoon, we had a beautiful time swimming & paddleboarding at Pool Bridge Farm near York. It's such a gorgeous spot.

Helen & I got stuck in 2 hours of traffic on route but it was so worth it for the ice cream, the exercise, the picnic & the lovely company. Best of all...no one drooped the oar! A successful trip all in all :)

It was nice to see Hope again & to meet Kieran.