Hi

Thanks to everyone who has already supported me and to some very generous donations. I've tried to thank everyone personally, but I don't have email addresses for everyone - people like Claire H (who I'm afraid I don't remember and who isn't on the Penge Green Gym Newletter mailing list) but who remembers her time fondly. While I'm away I won't be able to thank you, so I'm thanking everyone in advance now. (Contact the Penge Green Gym through their website if you want to receive that Newsletter.)

You can be sure that everyone at the Penge Green Gym appreciates your donations and that it is going to a good cause.  Our Ecotherapy continues to help many, many people with their physical and mental well-being by being active outdoors doing gardening and conservation work. In addition, we have turned Winsford Gardens from a neglected wasted space into a vibrant area in which local people want to spend their time in. And while it can never be a Nature Reserve, we have made significant improvements for wildlife. We are not doing things that Bromley Council should be doing themselves, instead we are doing things there that no council every did in any public park.

Not very long to go before my Pennine Way walk now. I've finished walking the London Outer Orbital Loop and I've really got to know London much better over the last few months on my criss-cross treks. There are some excellent parks and greenspaces out there that people should go out and enjoy. I'm still concerned about getting blisters but I have been having lots of boring conversations regarding talcum powder, socks and compede. I'm confident of walking 15 miles a day, but the 20 mile walks and climbs will be a hard slog, so I'm trying to work on my general fitness level more now. If you don't know me, I was quite unfit and overweight. I have lost a fair amount of abdominal fat in the last few months but it hasn't all gone yet.

Penge Green Gym have there annual Open Day next Saturday 14th June as part of the London Open Garden Squares Weekend. If you come along to Winsford Gardens SE20 7XJ you can see what we do, what we have done, and our future plans. We hope to be planting up our new Bog Garden on the day and you can meet some of the Volunteers including myself.

Be Seeing You

Dave