It was great to be back at the Odd Down Cycle Circuit to help out at the Bath Junior Park Run after a bit of a break.

Tanya and I were issued with hi vis, whistles, lanyards and giant hands and assigned to the far end of the track to cheer on the young athletes as they took on the 2km route.

It gives me such a buzz to see the mini-Park Runners giving their all as they make their way round. A bit of encouragement and hi fives spurred them on and a crazy wig raised a smile too.

Wonderful to see GG Helen taking part with baby Archie - we wish her well with her new buggy running venture.

And thanks to Tanya for helping Park Run volunteer Karen with all the bar codes. All a bit of a mystery to me!

Every year, we have one of our most popular missions: putting up the Christmas decorations at St John's Court at the end of November. It's really great, you should try it, it's almost as if Christmas starts with this mission.

However, there obviously comes a time when we have to reverse our good work and take the decorations down. Now, usually, this is not as popular a mission as putting the decorations up; no one wants to say good bye to Christmas.

Last night though, we had a pretty good crowd with seven GoodGymmers turning up to de-Christmas St John's Court. Newcomers Alice and Steve were both very welcome indeed and we look forward to seeing them both again on future missions!

Also in attendance were GoodGym stalwarts Stephen, Tanya, Meyrick, Vicky and recent addition Katie. All in all more than enough hands to help pack everything away.

There was genuine thanks from the residents as well, one had even come downstairs especially to thanks us for putting up (and taking down) the decorations for them every year as they could not do it without us.

We left promising to see them again next Christmas - it's only 352 days away....

Two GoodGym elves donned Santa hats and swapped chimney pots for letterboxes in their seasonal mission to spread a message of hope for some of Bath's most vulnerable people.

This was the second time the pair had been out posting flyers for Julian House's winter appeal and they went at it with the true grit and determination that befits Santa's little helpers.

With Christmas around the corner it was heartwarming to see so many festive displays on our route. The people of Oldfield Park are clearly on the nice list.

It was a cold and windy day and, by the end of the task, our GoodGymers had noses as red as Rudolf and a keen desire to partake of the four main food groups. These, as "everyone" knows, are candy, candy canes, candy corn and syrup.

More flyers are available if anyone has some spare time. Oldfield Park may be a tiny part of Santa's route on Christmas eve but it certainly has a lot of streets.