6 of us helped Holgate Community Garden to sweep and rake the leaves off the basketball court to prevent it being too slippery for local children to use. As a result Nicky, Tay, Louise and Laura completed their third task of the day and Ros and newcomer Paul, their second. Even more impressively Tay and Nicky completed their fifth task of 2022 on the second day! Despite the lovely weather for our first two tasks of the day our luck ran out and we had a soggy hour sweeping and raking leaves which proved quite a workout. By the end the basketball court was clear and we had filled the leaf bins and created a big corner pile.

We enjoyed returning to Holgate allotments in the daylight to see the results of our previous dark tasks to help clear a disused allotment for a community orchard and apiary. It was great to see how much we have already cleared on previous tasks. Our task this morning was to clear the roots from a new section further down the allotment as well as clearing a raised bed of rubble, roots and rugs. It was wonderful to welcome 3 new Goodgymers; Claire, Alastair and Paul. Claire, Alistair, Paul, Ros, Tay and Louise got to work clearing the new section whilst Nicky, Vicky and Laura cleared the raised bed. The hour went quickly and it was good to see how much we'd achieved in it.