It was good to be back after the heatwave caused us to cancel last week! And we were headed to a new task ☀

In typical Thursday group run style, the three of us - myself, Leanne and Miles met at the Uni building. This week, we were headed somewhere new so we took to Bishop's Hill and headed to Murrayside Community Centre ☀.

When we arrived, we were met by Martin who showed us around and explained the projects he was working on in the outside garden area 🌳. We soon got cracking with watering plants & grabbing the shovels to tackle a big mound of dirt to even out the area, which was to eventually be laid with astro turf 🪏🌱. After an hour's work, we were pretty pleased with how much we had done! Then headed home on a warm sunny Thursday 👟.

Last night we headed back to the scout hut to finish Project Paint Fence!

Myself & Leanne met at the usual waterfront point on a very hot Wednesday evening to run to the scout hut ☀.

Once we were there, we got the paint out and cracked on with painting the fence whilst chatting away - a nice break from running in the heat! Between the 2 of us we soon completed the fence that we started a few weeks ago, so it was fab to see the finished result 💪🏻.

The weather was kind to us this morning for a trip to a new venue.. Buttons & Bows nursery ☀️

Myself & Tia laced up our trainers and made our way over to the nursery, where we were met by Anne who showed us what we were needed for. Much to our surprise, we were lending a hand with some DIY which made a fun change! We had the task of putting together some outdoor steps for the children, so Tia grabbed the screwdriver & I held the pieces together whilst the screws went in 🔩. Before long, the steps were assembled and ready to be used. We finished off our time at the nursery with tearing up the cardboard boxes to fit into the recycling. A successful morning out and enjoyed ourselves!

*This weekend marked the UK's biggest volunteering weekend - the Big Help Out 2026 💪🏻 *

Us GoodGymmers did our bit for this and helped out at junior parkrun on this lovely sunny Sunday ☀️. The three of us - myself, Leanne and Ella met at Christchurch park, where we were greeted by the parkrun team who gave us our high vis to marshal on the course 🌳. There were lots of us volunteers this morning which was great to see and a whole lot of runners! Enjoyed marshalling & cheering them all on 🥳

Big shoutout to Ella for completing her first GoodGym mission! Welcome to the GoodGym family ❤