Wooden it be nice

It's not often we skip the fitness session in Wandsworth, but after a monster task shifting planks of wood across an estate, we decided we'd worked hard enough!

The hard graft was all in a good cause though. A local food waste and community charity had been donated a huge amount of wood. Local leader Hadas has big plans to transform the planks into raised beds to create an accessible community garden in the area. The trouble is they had been left somewhere that was blocking the pavement and people had started dumping stuff in the storage area. It needed to be moved as a priority. Enter GoodGym!

We had a few things to tick off before we started. First was our warm up and a weekly quiz question where we guessed how many balls are used at Wimbledon every year (54 250 in case you're wondering!).

We were also really happy to welcome Elif to her very first session - give her a huge cheer - and Shiv to his first visit at Wandsworth. Great to have you both join us!

We also reminded ourselves of a couple of fun sessions coming up. On Saturday a group of us are doing Clapham Parkrun, followed by a coffee, and then a quick session at the GoodGym garden. Come and do any or all of it - you can find all the details here] (https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/goodgym-wandsworth-x-great-get-together-garden-morning-coffee). Next Monday following the group run we're going to have a special one off social trying out a local bar's offer of £6 Margs and pizzas. What a way to start the week - come and celebrate with us!

After a nice quick run down to Doddington we found Hadas already dismantling the structure and hopped straight into the job at hand. We transported hundreds of bits of wood back and forth. It was the first step in an ambitious plan to build a new garden for everybody to use. There is a wonderful community space that was built on top of a unused car park just the round the corner, and we go every month to help out. However, it is only accessible by a flight of stairs, so it's great to be involved in a project that is convenient for everybody.

After almost an hour of heavy lifting, we had one more challenge. First to see how many GGers it took to shift two massive planters, and secondly to see how many GGers we could fit into said planters! Answers in the photos...

I am just confirming the task for next week, so watch this space, but as always it will start at the same time from BAC before running to a local organisation. Hope to see you there!