On a beautiful evening in Lewisham, 25 eager athletes covered around 6/7km of running and cleaned about a kilometre of glass at Seniors.

After a wet and wild weekend, it was a treat to have a calm evening with a stunning sunset to run towards. Did you see that weather yesterday?! Amazingly, while many of us took cover under the duvet, a few of our regular runners decided it was a great day to be out there, tackling a challenging event. Nykolette was celebrating her birthday, not with a lie-in and a big mug of coffee, but with the Beckenham Half-Marathon! Joining her was Jacqueline who, possibly in an attempt to get home quicker, ran a personal best time! Now that's some impressive Sunday morning action! Meanwhile, on the south coast, Eleanor was also running a half-marathon, but with a little swim and ride beforehand. It was lovely to see Eleanor in the foyer this evening, with her Weymouth Half-Iron(wo)man medal, thanks for coming in to show us and very, very well done, that must have been so tough.

We had one absolute first-timer this evening, welcome Harley and also a tourist, who has visited a few different areas now, welcome Joanna, Lewisham Love to you both!

This week's task took us all the way up Blythe Hill, to Seniors. Thank you to Bradley for being tonight's back-marker (after running a very long way yesterday, I wonder what he's training for...), making sure nobody was left behind. Usually when we visit Seniors, we come back via Blythe Hill Fields, but I could see that it would be too dark this time, so we ran here on the way and were treated to the most gorgeous sunset. As we ran away, we noticed the moon in the other direction, full and glowing, simply stunning!

At Seniors, we were met by Cathy and Emma, who had joined us unexpectedly (woo-hoo!). Cathy talked everyone through this evening's task, cleaning as many windows as we could manage (and reach). We were using the traditional method of newspaper and vinegar. It took everyone a while to get used to the overpowering acidic tang and there was a lot of talk of fish and chips! As we worked, Cathy was telling us about all the upcoming events taking place here, with music and song, talks and gatherings, she also prompted us to tell anyone we know, who may benefit from visiting the space, all about the activities and social opportunities that happen here each week.

As we said goodbye, we promised to come back soon and definitely before our now annual Christmas decorating visit (a popular group run!). Running up and down hills, chatting all the way, we returned to Glass Mill, with a sprint finish and a stretch. Feeling inspired by bread week in the Great British Bake Off, I had had a go at making Chelsea Buns, perfect for that post-run hunger pang.

As we ran tonight, I realised how invisible we are as it gets dark, it's a good idea to get yourself a head-torch for running in the autumn and winter, if only to let other people know you're coming! Good luck this weekend to Jenny, who is running a half-marathon in Glasgow, don't forget to bring your medal next time! Next week we will return to Beecroft Garden School, for some more work in their garden space, sign up here and join in the fun.

Embracing the hills of Lewisham, a fabulous 26 runners headed south side to Seniors, to tackle a number of tasks in the garden, running 7km along the way.

Welcome back and a MASSIVE thanks this week to Steve, who I was delighted to see returning, with his high-level punnery, just check out tonight's title, quality.

It's been another amazing week of pure goodness, with many runners visiting older people in their homes, either to help out with a mission, or for a weekly chat. We also had a pretty special community mission on Saturday, where a group of around 19 of us returned to St Mary's Church, to continue the painting along those many miles of railings. It was fun being able to spend a bit longer on the task and we certainly made a difference, reaching all the way to the entrance to the Therapeutic Garden! Great work team!

This week we welcomed two brand new GoodGym runners to the family, all our Lewisham Love goes to Louise and Naomi. We also showed the Lewisham way to Sara , who was visiting from our neighbouring group in Greenwich for the first time, welcome!

We did things a little bit differently this week, with our about-to-be run leaders Kim and Amber leading the way and me keeping things together a little further back (thanks also to Steve for back-marking). When we have a big group like this on a longer run, it can be easy to get split up and we certainly don't want to lose anyone! It was a gorgeous evening to be running through Ladywell Fields and pushing ourselves hard on those hills.

We were met at Seniors by Cathy, who quickly split people up into different teams:

• Team Lift 'n' Shift, moving heavy items from inside the building to the storage space underneath the window

• Team Paint, working on painting the tables on the patio, taking advantage of the hard preparation work carried out on a previous task

• Team Worm, constructing a water butt, which will become a wormery (this has to be one of our more unusual jobs!)

• Team Dig, clearing and digging over the vegetable patch to make way for more squashes

• Team Hardcore, gathering and wheelbarrowing some rubble trough the garden, to support the wormery

• Team Saw, working together to saw some wood into smaller pieces

• Team Smash, taking an old art crate and kicking and bashing the heck out of it to use the frame as a raised bed

Wow, that's a lot of tasks!

As we rounded off our visit here, Cathy told us about a few events coming up at Seniors. On September 12th is an open day, with lots of demonstrations and opportunities to see how the space is used then, in November, there will be a sing-along, with tea and cake - I'm pretty sure we have some splendid voices amongst our group, who fancies joining in?!

As is usual when we're over this way, we like to push up the hill to enjoy the stunning view from Blythe Hill Fields and it didn't disappoint tonight, with a beautiful sunset to our left and the city sprawling ahead of us. Our breathing steady again, we enjoyed the swoop down to Lewisham and a good stretch, back at our start point. Next week we will visit a brand new task, at Chelwood Nursery, so a 5k run in total. I will be enjoying myself on holiday, but you will be safe in the hands of Lucy, the trainer for GoodGym Southwark. Don't forget, as it's a Bank Holiday, our start point closes early, so we don't have access to lockers, travel light!

See you in two weeks, be good!

Enjoying a cool breeze and some gorgeous evening sunshine, a fabulous 24 superstars ran through Ladywell to help out at the Wildcat Wilderness, covering 7km of running along the way.

Another heartwarming week of goodness, with many runners heading off over the weekend to help older people in their homes, with tasks that they couldn't manage by themselves and others running to visit their coaches for a friendly chat and a catch up. Really great work everyone, this makes all the difference.

Just recently we seem to have had a general air of celebration, with many of our regular runners reaching milestones (how wonderful?!). This week it was the turn of Vic, who has been with us since April 2017. It didn't take long for Vic to fit right in and become part of the GG Lewisham family and to become a regular at our local Hilly Fields parkrun, where she can usually be seen, either volunteering or driving hard up the hill to finish strong (sometimes as first woman). This is quite often fitted in before a mission, or a run over to our friends at Wildcat Wilderness, where Vic has become known for her incredible ability to create new paths, so much so that she was presented with her very own, personalised 'Wonder Woman' sparkly weed-basher! Well done on your 50th good deed Vic, it's been a joy to run (and chat) with you!

How appropriate that we should be visiting Vic's favourite place this evening so, after some fun warming up, we ran the rather pleasant route through Ladywell Fields towards Catford. As always at the Wilderness, we were met by Maria, who had an array of tasks for us to get on with. In the garden area (where vegetables are being grown), were a group shifting a cardboard structure which turned out to be a castle (Helen's Moving Castle - that's a film isn't it?), this will no doubt be used to insulate a raised bed or something, or maybe just allowed to compost down. As this went on, Maria told us about some of the plants here, inviting us to taste various things and pointing out some rather splendid squashes that are taking over at a triffid-like pace.

Over on the other side of the wilderness, another group worked hard (between handfuls of blackberries or a juicy plum) to clear an area that has been opened up by inquisitive children, who have created the perfect tunnel/den. Unfortunately they have chosen an area that was previously used as a dump for all sorts of rusted metal and broken glass. With great care and attention, this team very thoughtfully dug and lifted out the sharp items in an attempt to make it safer. In addition to the rubbish, we also uncovered some rather smashing treasure, with vintage drinks cans (some older than many of our runners!) and a perfectly intact milk bottle (well done Rosemary!). Expect a museum of curiosities to pop up soon. Before we left, Maria told us about a fruit-picking day happening this Thursday. If you want to find out about all the activities that are going on here, it's a good idea to sign up to the mailing list, to receive regular updates.

On our return to Glass Mill, we did a cheeky wall-squat and some nice tri-dips before stretching, ahead of our social at Mamma Dough (no doughy cores here!). Next week we are visiting our good friends at Seniors - sign up and come along! In the meantime though, don't forget to join us at 11am on Saturday at St Mary's Church, for a community mission, our chance to make some progress painting those railings.

Run happy!