This evening was our first session helping to paint the new community centre at the Pirate Ship Park in Windsor. This new community venue will include an indoor play area for children, a meeting room, and seating for Woody's cafe, who are collaborating with RBWM on the build. It will be a great destination for local families.

Mist on the horizon...

Following the fitting of the floor in the majority of the venue today, GoodGym were invited in to start the mist coat in the meeting room, toilets and storage room. Sorry I mist what you said...? Thank goodness we had experienced GoodGym Slough members Kam, Sara and Gauri on hand to explain that this was not a nautical weather term, but a diluted coat of paint - messy, but necessary.

Not only did these ladies help us with their paint know-how, they had already done allot of Good, coming straight from a community mission at the new therapy allotment at Wexham Park. Paint no stopping these Slough superstars!

New shipmates

This evening's crew also included newcomers Nadege, Gareth and Amanda - a warm welcome and a yo ho ho to you all. Kudos to Amanda and Gareth for their runs to and from the task, and Nadege we are all in love with your beautiful 'GoodGym red' bicycle!

We also welcomed Adele back for her third task, sporting her new red t-shirt with pride - so glad your fridge arrived on time! And Amy was also very excited to finally meet Laura, who went down in history in August as the first runner to do a mission to help an isolated older person in Windsor and Maidenhead, and is on the brink of reaching the magical milestone of 10 good deeds.

All hands on deck

Our task owner Lee, who runs Woody's cafe, made us feel very welcome and showed us the ropes. We laid the dust sheets (not to the wind), shared out the plentiful brushes, rollers and pots, and it was all hands hoay!

Amanda and Adele took the helm in the meeting room, with help from captain Amy and first mate Laura. Kam and Gauri made sure things were ship-shape in the storage room, Gareth and Nadege did a great job in the toilet off the the main hall and Sara was the mainstay in the other toilet, joined later by Amy who ended up squatting like a pirate on the poop deck to reach some of the trickier bits around the loo.

We made good progress, but there is still plenty to do on this coat, and further coats... Jess and Sara are coming back for more tonight and you can sign up to join them by following this link.

Pilates of the Carribean

Amanda, Adele and Laura all set sail for home after the task (work and a new fridge beckoned), leaving 6 of us - the maximum number for a GoodGym fitness session according to the latest Covid-19 safety measures. The hall in the new community centre is a Pilates instructor's dream and allowed for ample social distancing, so Amy couldn't resist leading a quick stretchy band work-out to get our timbers shivering.

Well done me hearties!