Barbara spent a happy time with Margaret preparing and planting bulbs for spring together with some general tidying up

Marshalling duty for WADARS

A lively crew gathered this evening at the house supported by Turning Tides Homelessness charity for a front-and-back-garden spruce-up—and two big celebrations!

🎉 Ryan’s Fantastic 50! Ryan marked his 50th good deed in classic style, confidently wielding a power tool to give the shrubs a stylish trim. Ricky followed close behind with rake in hand, sweeping up every last bit of debris.

🎂 Happy Birthday, John! Birthday boy John spent the evening on his knees weeding the front beds—joined for a cheerful catch-up by Sarah and a quick hello from Tamsin.

🌱 Welcome Back Team! After a busy summer away, Mel and Paul returned with energy . Mel tackled the clearing, while Paul focused on precision pruning, transforming the front garden’s look in no time.

🚴‍♀️ Barbara’s Back from Kenya! Fresh from an epic cycle trek in Kenya 🇰🇪, Barbara rejoined the group, sharing a teaser of her adventures (we can’t wait to hear more!).

💪 Resident Power! House resident Adrian grabbed the strimmer and made quick, efficient work of the back garden—what a star!

To round off the evening, we headed to the pub to raise a well-earned glass to John’s birthday and present Ryan with his 50-task memory frame. Cheers to community, milestones, and gardens that look as good as we all felt! 🌿🍻

3 GoodGymers together with a local recruit set their Sunday alarms early to arrive at 8 am at the Littlehampton 10k ready to assist in registration and giving out medals.

Many thanks to Barbara, Daisy and Stéphane for giving up their lie in to help out. Barbara also recruited Rachel to help too which turned out to be super useful.

By all accounts it proved to be very windy and very busy.

Daisy ended up helping out with water whilst the others concentrated on medals.

Thank you all on a great job done 🙌🙏