Calm before the sports

On an uncharacteristically wet evening in sunny Worthing ( the first time it has rained on my watch since we launched in March!) we warmly welcomed Lydia from GG Brighton after she had been successfully recruited at Bevendean park run last Saturday by Belinda, Gill and Beth. Huge GG cheer coming your way all of you, With some GG chatter and catch up it was also nice to see Sue looking fantastic in her new GG t shirt again ( Last time I mention this. I will get over my new t shirt envy ! ) It was sad that Leanne couldn't make it this evening but we will all send our GG healing vibes your way. It was great to see Michelle again after her recent return from a retreat in India , Wowzer! Looking amazing and lean on it Michelle! Last but by no means least Nick ! Thank you so much for rearrranging your work schedule every Monday for our rather different date night! Bravely and defiantly the group headed out in the damp drizzle for a brisk warm up.

Its a Bugs Life

We were warmly welcomed by our hosts Nadia and Ness at the Bugcycle garden in Beach House Gardens. This is an area which has been dedicated to the local community to encourage families to develop their creative skills. The garden was in need of an autumn tidy up.

We worked tyrelessly

One of our first tasks was to move 3 large tractor tyres into their new position. Great functional fitness training team plus we had loads of fun doing this and couldn't resist rolling Beth in the largest tyre.

We left no leaf unturned

There was certainly a small mountain of leaves to make disappear. Sue , Nick and Michelle armed with large rakes and brushes forged forward with 'rake' effort before bagging and binning them all. Gill and I shared some funny memories whilst she was pruning and tidying the bottle garden outside the bug hotel.

Speed boat no waiting

Belinda, Lydia and Beth did one of the best pruning makeovers I have seen on overgrown shrubs surrounding the feature speedboat that resides in the gardens. This also included a fair few wheelbarrow shuttles to the bins at the other end of the park. All part of the fun fitness challenges that Monday nights present!

No creepy and crawling around with the bugs

After an energetic 30 mins , with the light fading and the rain falling Ness and Nadia were genuinely grateful and impressed with the work we had done. After some dodgy dark photos ( Must sort the settings on my phone ready for Winter) the group waved a cheery goodbye raring for their run.

No spare tyres on us

After a run in the rain and return to base we stretched out and spent some time on reflecting on Beth's epic 50th next week (GG task not Birthday!) This is one not to be missed ! Its a fantastic accomplishment which needs celebration Will there be cakes ... or shall we go to the pub .... or maybe both ? Please do send your ideas into me during the week

I hope to see some of you at park run Worthing this week where I will be volunteering . Huge good luck to Beth at her first half marathon in Oxford and Gill who is racing in West Sussex.

Another big GG smile from me

Julia x