Some things have great names.

Like Cadbury's Marvellous Creations Jelly Popping Chocolate Candy Bar... and Bruce Bogtrotter's Favourite Fudgey Chocolate Cake... and Squirrel Nutkin, Pigling Bland, Bartholomew Cubbins, and... (breathe out)

...and, of course, Camden's very own Story Garden - the magical space of green and colour sat to the side of the British Library!!

Our merry group of sun seekers met in the cool of the Francis Crick Institute's shadows, and we welcomed newcomers Deniz and Sharon (welcome, both!) before warming up with a hotly contested game of 'count to 25'!

Our task this week reflected community in action - the Story Garden have been supporting a local social housing block to bring some sustainable nature into their midst - and they're in the process of planting 18 rooftop planters to establish a skyline forest for the residents to enjoy - it's a special project and we're so pleased to help.

Arriving at the Story Garden, we were met by the warmth and ebullience of Linda, our Story Garden Community Maker Extraordinaire, and the took us to a carefully prepared table of dips and fresh bites - thank you, Linda, for making us feel so welcome and appreciated!

We were shifting this week. Shifting a mini mountain of bags of soil and materials, ready for the planting to begin. So we loaded our trailer, filled our wheelbarrows, and started our caravan of garden moving through a sun speckled Camden. Arriving at the site, we navigated (commandeered...) the lift and dropped our load onto the terrace that will soon become a forest.

And... rinse and repeat for round 2 of our shifting!

Which led us to nearly 8pm and our evening ending - thank you, everyone, for your wonderful company and work - we will be back to help Linda and the team soon!!

Back in the distant winter, the friendly folks at Social Action for Health asked for our help.

We'd quite like to use this room - for our volunteers - for the community - but............... it may be quite a job, Alex........ do you really think GoodGym is up to the task?

They got me, folks - my pride was irked - of course GoodGym was up to the task!

Well I think we'll do this in 2 sessions - perhaps 2 and a half - 3 at most!

Was my response before I turned, held my head high, and went off to worry about how we'd do this.

And yet here we are, some 7 - 8 sessions later and having just finished our final spots of redecorating makeover!!

Across 2 months, multiple GoodGymers from across London have made their special mark on this space. We started by removing brackets, then learnt how to use Polyfilla, before sanding, more sanding, even more sanding, and then the undercoat, main coat #1, radiators, pipes, main coat #2, and, after all that, our final session this week touching up corners and freshening the room's skirtings!

Our merry, capable, and interesting group of Alex, Charlie, Jackie, John, Lici, Louise, Steve, and Suzanna composed our wonderful team applying this session's special final touches, and it was a joy to spend time with each of you!!

Over the coming weeks, the team at Social Action will be thinking about furnishings and openings, and I'm hopeful we can host a bring and share social in the space when it's ready for the community to use!

Awesome and amazing work, everyone - thank you so much :)

I remember watching 60 Minute Makeover.

I remember thinking why does Mum take weeks to redecorate.

I remember saying Mum, we could do this in an hour.

I was wrong, folks, and these thoughts circled as we arrived at the Brady for our fourth visit. We'd previously unscrewed brackets, popped out loose rawlplugs, heaved sticky rawlplugs, collectively learnt how to use Polyfilla, worked out the difference between a primer and a normal paint, and applied a primer coat.

Today, our wonderful group of AJ, Suzanna (on her first good deed - congratulations!!), Steve, and Tom were painting our main coat. Choosing our brush or roller of choice, we shared stories and conversation as we turned this community space a warm shade of cream. Two hours disappeared along with the paint, and we made a big dent in the work we need to do to finish the space.

Thanks, everyone, for your work, time, and company this morning - we made a big difference today - and I really appreciate it!!