Tonight‘s weather was definitely not in keeping with the usual GoodGym standards! It’s pretty unusual for us to do a GoodGym task (we can probably count on one hand the number of times, we’ve done a task in the rain!) in wet weather but tonight it was in for the duration but it wasn’t going to stop us! The task owner, Andy from the Wildlife Trust messaged me beforehand to ask if we still wanted to go ahead? I replied and said “Andy we're pretty hard core”. His reply was “ok, bring it on”.

We arrived at the park with umbrellas, waterproofs and slightly dampened spirits. However, we were determined not to let a bit of rain stop us from getting stuck in to the task at hand. But before we got started, we took the opportunity to get our weekly exercise in. Karen, having already done at least one lap of the park in the pouring rain prior to Maurice, and Iarriving, decided to continue with a run, whilst Maurice and I opted for a walk! Soggy, (Some of us soggier than others), we headed over to meet Andy from the wildlife trust to get started with the task.

Tonight’s job was to get rid of all of the docks from the wildflower meadow. The wildflower meadow has been planted in Queen's Park, and is largely maintained by the Wildlife Trust and is a fabulous habitat for all kinds of butterflies, bees and other insects. It was important to clear the docks so that they don’t go to seed and multiply! When we first looked at the task, we weren’t too confident that we could remove them all in just a short amount of time with four pairs of hands. However, in true GoodGym style, we got stuck in and before long had cleared all the necessary docks from the area. It was a really interesting evening, as Andy was doing a great job of educating us at the same time as getting the job done. We all agreed that despite the rain, getting soaked through and having squelchy feet, we all really enjoyed the task and enjoyed being out in the rain, pulling up the weeds. The wet ground actually made the task far easier than it would’ve been if the ground had been dry (every cloud…)

Well done everyone on another amazing achievement tonight.

Thank you for being so hard core and coming out in the pouring rain to get muddy and wet! Fingers crossed, none of us get a cold! ;-)

Have a great week and hope to see you all next week, lots of love Nicola XXX