Step Forward with Lewis

01/08/2026

Thank you so much to our friends at Orchard Home Cleaning Ltd for their amazing support and backing for Step Forward With Lewis CIC

As users of Orchard, we can vouch for the great service they supply, so would encourage people to sign-up.

The £25 that goes to the CIC for each new client will be used to help us continue to hold FREE strength and balance classes for older and more vulnerable people, so it will make a real difference.

Thanks again Orchard Home Cleaning ❤️

🍏 Cleaning Homes. Changing Lives. 💚

At Orchard Home Cleaning, we believe we're about much more than cleaning homes.

A clean home can reduce stress, create more time for the people you love, and help make everyday life feel that little bit easier.

That's why, throughout August, we're proud to be supporting Step Forward With Lewis CIC

For every new regular cleaning client who joins us this month, we'll donate £25 to help Step Forward with Lewis continue their incredible work supporting physical and mental wellbeing in our community.

When you choose Orchard Home Cleaning, you're not just investing in your home—you're helping someone else take a positive step forward too.

❤️ Cleaner homes. Happier lives. Stronger communities.

✨ Book your regular clean this August and help us make a difference.

Visit www.orchardhomecleaning.co.uk or call 01604 791799.

31/07/2026

It’s Friday, aka parkrun eve.

Which means that tomorrow my week with Lucky B13, the parkrun boomerang, will come an end.

Lucky will be heading off with another runner, spending another week in a different part of the running world, and meeting new people and new communities.

One of the great, if not the greatest strengths of parkrun, is how it fosters community, growing friendships alongside fitness.

And it’s something we at Step Forward With Lewis work to make a really important part of everything we do.

So, today, Lucky B13 spent some time at our East Hunsbury strength and balance class, resting its, er, ‘legs’ ahead of tomorrow’s run and enjoying a spot of socialising.

People there enjoyed a good old natter while working to improve their health.

No pressure. No time scales. No winning and losing. Just fun and fitness.

A bit like something else I can think of 🧐

See you tomorrow parkrunners!

30/07/2026

There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home.

And while we may not be in Kansas, Lucky B13 is a long way from its starting point in Perth, Australia.

Roughly nine thousand miles in fact.

For those not keeping up to date with Lucky’s story this week, they are our new found boomerang 🪃 buddy, all the way from Down Under.

Lucky is currently travelling round the world as part of a parkrun project which began in their home city and has seen them travel to a different parkrun each week.

I became Lucky’s temporary owner at Great Yarmouth parkrun on Saturday, and have been showing them some of the sights and sounds of Northampton - including telling their story to members of my strength and balance classes.

But while Lucky has been travelling for a while, we still wanted to ensure they didn’t feel too homesick.

Fortunately, we have one or two other Aussie artefacts in SFWL Towers, so we introduced Lucky to our resident didgeridoo and to two Aboriginal paintings that came from Fremantle.

We’re currently searching out a six pack of Emu Export, a cuddly old koala, and Waltzing Matilda on Spotify.

Fingers crossed, Lucky B13 will be feeling right at home, happily throwing another shrimp on the barbie, before we know it!

29/07/2026

G’day!

Bet no-one’s started with that before! 🧐

It’s hump day and while the ideas for intros for these posts may be wearing thin, the activities visited by Lucky B13 are showing no signs of slowing up.

Today, we visited my strength and balance class for older and more vulnerable people at Wootton, just south of Northampton.

These classes teach fitness and flexibility to those with balance issues, working to boost their confidence and independence as much as their strength.

I’m privileged to be able to offer them for free through Step Forward With Lewis CIC, the charitable organisation I run.

It’s always lovely to see people enjoying the classes and today they appreciated the extra bonus of meeting Lucky and hearing about their journey from Perth to parkruns all around the world.

This afternoon, due to the unusual and continued heat in the UK, my strength and balance class for cancer patients was held online rather than in-person, but you can rest assured my boomerang 🪃 friend was in the background for that too.

I can’t believe we’re fast approaching another weekend and I’ll soon have to say goodbye to Lucky B13, but I’m sure they’ll be lots more to get up to in the next few days!

29/07/2026

4th year compere this year 🎤 🙌

Love calling the names and cheering every person that runs down Abington Street to the finish line 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

Volunteer you will not regret it ❤️

28/07/2026

Sometimes it’s hard being a boomerang! 🪃

Workouts, parkruns, meeting new people… and all while being so far from home 🏠

Sometimes you just need to relax and take some lubrication on board… although I don’t suppose WD40 was exactly what Lucky B13 had in mind!

Today, we visited my fitness class at WD40 to put some of the staff there through their strength and cardio paces.

The ladies were delighted to meet Lucky and hear about their travels round the world.

They were thoroughly impressed by all the places Lucky B13 has visited… I’m still trying to work out what our boomerang buddy made of WD40’s Milton Keynes home and all the roundabouts.

At least Lucky will be ready for a run at the Curly Wurly parkrun after all that going round in circles!

10 Boomerangs South Beach Fremantle

28/07/2026

Marion shares her feedback after having a carpel tunnel operation on her hand, and how Step Forward with Lewis helped her beforehand 🤚

27/07/2026

Day Two in Northampton for Lucky B13, our new boomerang friend.

Having set off from Perth as part of a challenge to get round the world and back to Australia, one parkrun at a time, Lucky is spending a week with us in Northampton.

Today, as all good runners should, the boomerang 🪃 buddy has been working hard on its strength, balance and flexibility.

We started the day with an intense fitness session to get ready for next Saturday’s run - watched intently by fellow trainer and feline companion, Milo the Mognificent.

Then it was off to the other part of my day: teaching a strength and balance class for those with Parkinson’s.

For those who don’t know, my community interest company, Step Forward With Lewis CIC, mputs on a free weekly session for those with the condition.

The class were delighted to meet Lucky B13 and to hear all those tales of parkrun globetrotting. And when you’ve travelled the world like Lucky has, you’re bound to be in need of a good stretch, meaning this was the perfect class for my new companion.

Tired but happy, Lucky has headed off for a relaxing tinny and an early night… but we’ll have more adventures for you tomorrow!