A still, crisp, Monday night saw a great-sized group of GoodGymers gathering at the Cranbrook Community Centre tonight to help clear a big build-up of leaves.

(Leaves collecting - and staying - on the ground isn’t great for the soil. The leaves also make their way into the centre continuously at this time of year, creating an endless sweeping task for the centre’s regular users).

With the annual AGM taking place tonight, it was a question of us gathering equipment, donning gloves, dividing bin bags and getting on with it.

With teams spread out over all four corners of the little garden, the GoodGymers wasted no time in raking, bagging and binning most of the leaves.

When the AGM finished, Janet headed out to inspect the garden, delighted at what she found.

With our task completed shortly before 8, we headed out to the Mace Street wall to finish with a little bit of flexibility work to get the week off to a splendid start.

As we strolled down the street, the team concluded that The Angel and Crown would be a good bet for this evening’s post-task pint. A cracking end to a lovely evening.

Until next time.

One night a year, in the dark alleys of Richmond, a group of unsavoury characters meets to spread terror through the borough as they run to a task. This year saw a blood-covered butcher, a poisonous snake, spine-tingling skeleton, trouble-making Beetlejuice, soul-stealing mobile phone, time-jangling Marty McFly and a zombie school girl... chasing down a terrified squeaking banana! 🍌

Starting with some spooky squats, lurch-away lunges, Scooby Doo sprints and stretches worthy of the torture stretching rack, we also welcomed KC for his first task, straight into the wicked chaos of Halloween!

Following a shrieking run over the river, the ghoulish group arrived at St Christopher's Fellowship and met with Theresa and her terrifying hound, Sam and Adam unveiling their mortifying masks and Chris brandishing a disturbing MAGA cap!

While the plan was to do bad, the spirit of GoodGym was too powerful to fight and the team completed the task of cutting back and tidying the front area of the building, despite cackling protests and evil scheming.

Back to normal next week for more friendly adventures with GoodGym Richmond!