Five GoodGymers ran, walked and cycled to Dunston to deliver some leaflets to promote Dunston Fair. It was a very pleasant Monday evening with some glorious views across the River Tyne.

We zigzagged around the slightly unusual street layout, an area we have delivered leaflets in several times before. It was a successful evening, with lots of steps accumulated, but there are many more leaflets to deliver. We'll be back next week for more of the same, please join us if you can!

On a pleasant Saturday afternoon in Cowgate, we visited Greenhill Allotments, a place we have been many times in the past. The task today was to clear the overgrown area around the border, near the fence.

We transported several wheelbarrows full of weeds and waste to the skip. The skip was looking rather full, so we also filled several large bags. The area was looking much better when we had finished.

Louise managed to find a dislocated knee joint in the undergrowth, thankfully too small to be human. Meanwhile Scott retrieved quite a large amount of broken glass. You never know what you will find in the long grass!

A warm, sunny Monday evening, that turned a bit cold towards the end, saw GoodGym Newcastle assisting Heaton Pride with their post-event clean up around the local area.

Six GoodGymers set out from Stepney Bank Stables towards Heaton, picking some litter as we went. As usual, South View West was heavily littered. No matter how many times we pick litter up in that street, it always returns. A couple of passers-by were keen to offer thanks, which is always nice to hear.

We got to Heaton Road and The Last Resort pub a while after Heaton Pride's own band of litter pickers. Between the two groups, virtually all of the litter was bagged and binned.

Well done to Nour for reaching the mini milestone of 10 good deeds tonight!

This morning we met with Virginia and Toby from Wild Roots. It was so lovely to meet people who are so passionate about community work. Wild roots have a lot of amazing ideas of how they can further make connections within the community.

Today we weeded an area of land that is going to become a beautiful flower bed. The flowers grown in the flower beds are going to be gifted to people.

After the weeding, there was some rubble removable. The rubble contained so many different types of rock, stone, brick and glass. No hidden treasures were found today.

Virgina and Toby had kindly supplied some biscuits and some tea and coffee. It was a welcomed blessing.

Welcome back Michelle to Goodgym. It doesn't matter how long it has been everyone is always welcome.

We will definitely be connecting with wild roots again. It was a lovely session, in a lovely space with lovely people.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Our first visit to the Lighthouse Project was very interesting, as five GoodGymers completed a good deed there tonight.

We split into walking and running groups, inadvertently joining up metres from St Michael's Church, where the Lighthouse Project is based. Both groups stumbled across a film crew at the Byker Wall. Several of us walked and ran on paths and steps, part of the surrounding estate, than many of us had not been on before.

After a warm welcome from Jo, the Youth and Community Operations Assistant, we found out that the youth groups operate every weekday, while the church functions as churches are designed to on Sundays. Jo kindly offered is drinks, and more afterwards, along with bananas.

With brushes, shovels, shears, trowels and other garden tools, most of the work tonight was clearing overgrown areas on the edge of the paths and sweeping up lots of detritus. Aimee spent most of her time weeding a path behind the building.

We were so focused on the task at hand that we ended up having what was a very late finish for a Monday session. No one seemed to mind and the amount of bags filled with waste as a sign of a job well done.

The views from the church towards Gateshead made for a good photographic backdrop before we departed.

After we all went our separate ways, the first aid kit came to good use in the city centre, not for the first time. There were a large number of intoxicated people for some reason, and one lady in particular had fallen over and cut herself with a glass bottle. Fortunately I had plasters, bandages, antiseptic wipes and other things in the first aid kit to help!