Round 2 for Ms V to complete the original request by clearing several bags of soil left behind following a new fence installation by next door. The borders can now be seen again and the area is neat and tidy. We even had time to evict some sneaky weeds we missed last time. Sorry I forgot the photo again so here is a friend I made this week :)

It's that time again, quiz time!! This week the group split into two teams with Caprice being Quiz Master. Four rounds consisting of Geography, Science & Nature, The Arts and General Knowledge. Tonight's session started with Caprice asking each person to make a paper aeroplane. After a test flight the team were to choose and plane and nominate a team member to fly it. The furthest plane would score the team five points. After some tricky rounds The Loose Women nominated Daryl to fly their plane and the other team nominated Sophie to fly their plane. Both planes were impressive but The Loose Women's plane won as it made it halfway across the room. They took the lead with 35/45 with the other team scoring 29/45. A very close score indeed! Well done to everyone involved, it was lots of fun this evening. What will Caprice make them do next month? Someone mentioned who could make the best hat? We will join the Abbeyfield residents next month Monday 12th May.

Six Goodgymmers, Millie, Sophie, Roger, Daryl, Keith and Lea, turned up at Langside School where Nick from Diverse Abilities had a diversity of tasks for us. Roger set to jet washing a classroom and did a really good job. Millie, Sophie, Daryl and Lea shovelled pebbles into wheelbarrows to spread out on a patch under the swing. Millie soon set to filling the holes and levelling the surface. Keith, after having looked for “lost souls” and not found any, took the shears and cut back some bushes to provide better access to the play area there. Lea then swept the outside of a shed before setting to the (her pet hate) task of masking taping windows on the shed. But it meant that Millie and Sophie could get on with painting around the windows, before moving on to painting the rest of the shed. With Lea, Daryl, Keith and Roger helping we got three sides of the shed done! Oh good, now Nick will have to invite us again to finish that off! And he certainly will, judging by the “thank you” and goodiebags we received. Goodgym’s “diversity in their abilities” certainly showed itself today and hopefully will do so again on a few more occasions. Thank you everyone for your hard work. Mind you, it was not all hard work: the bouncing mat and the musical instruments definitely provided some fun.

Following a sunny day trapped inside in front of a computer, it was lovely to spend an hour in the fresh air tidying up the garden so Ms V can feel more secure in a well maintained home. The bluebells and daffodils were in full display and now have more room free from the troublesome weeds 🌿

It was nice to meet Michelle and Andrea don't leave it so long we've missed you.We meet at Swac where we where split into groups one group was in the garage taking the soil out of the grab bag and putting it into buckets and moving it to the stairs another group of two moved it up stairs where it was put into bags and another group moved it up stairs to another group who moved the bags to the roof where the soil was placed in planters Andrea and i where on the stairs where we had a good work out. We all worked like clock work and soon had the task and challenge in hand and had it completed in an Hour and a Half. Both Swac and Grounded Community where so pleased with the work all the Teams had achieved they couldn't thank us enough. They will definitely be asking us back for more.

Daryl greeted us at the start point for the March for Men, but feeling awful… he had to go back home to bed. That left Keith and Lea to represent Goodgym as marshalls for the March for Men. What a perfect day for it. Our marshalling point was the turning point for the 5k. We set off in our high vis jackets with our sign and our cow bells. The first runner turned up 9 mins after the start, yikes, running past us to do the 10k. Then more runners and more walkers turned up, some turning round, visibly relieved to see the turning point signs. Lots of high fives, lots of smiles, lots of thumbs up and even a red rose from a lion for Lea! Kudos to all the people doing their bit for prostate cancer. Not many photos as we were too busy ringing our bells. Fun fact: On our way back home we saw the partial eclipse of the sun....