At the end of the Hockwell Community Fun Day, there were lots of happy smiling faces, but also lots of rubbish to clean up. Gill and Susannah soon got stuck in. Gill was busy disinfecting the table cloths and collapsing tables while Susannah didn't mind using the tiniest broom ever to start sweeping up the café area. Chairs were moved and stacked, dishes washed, and the main hall swept to perfection. We were so busy tidying up we forgot to get any photos of us in action. Another clean sweep by GoodGym, and much appreciated.

A fun way to spend the afternoon at Hockwell Ring Community Centre Fun Day.

Mayra Suzannah and Gill were on the second shift of the day, helping to serve refreshments and welcome people to the café. There were lots of teas and coffees served and we all did a great job of hosting, clearing tables and basically being on hand for any tasks that needed doing.

Our efforts were really appreciated. Well done team.

This week it was a return to the Brown Books shop for another session pushing this community bookshop one step closer to re-opening.

On the way there, David and Chrisshane worked together on Chrisshanes week 4 of Couch to 5k, doing a loop with four 5 minute runs with walking rests in between. Chrisshane is doing fantastically at building her running stamina!

Completing the run on arrival at the shop the rest of the gang were hard at work sorting the space out. All the books and other stuff had arrived from storage and needed putting out on shelves. Masking tape needed peeling, paint splashes on the floor needed scrubbing up and the whole floor mopped clean of all the building grime from the last week.

We soon transformed the shop from what looked like a junk shop of piles of boxes and bits, into a clean, spacious area ready to be arranged to entice readers in to browse the books.

Feeling glazy

Teriyaki means luster glaze in Japanese. Tuesday’s scramble was covered in it. We finally got to use the minecraft cake.

We served 42 meals and everyone enjoyed themselves.

Thank you to those who collected food, cooked, hosted and cleaned up.