Good Gym were back at the Cornerstone Patch again this weekend for their Saturday social gardening session.

Kim and Mary got to work digging up the weeds and preparing the soil for fruit trees to be planted by Bel.

It was great to be back and enjoy the winter sunshine on the bike too!

Mary headed off on her bike this morning to deliver food to Jimmy's food bank in Poole.

Jimmy's is open an extra day in the run up to Christmas.

It was great to chat with Alana about volunteering at the food bank and how Goodgym can support future food deliveries by bike.

It was great to see how much has grown in the Cornerstone Patch since our last visit!

It was also brilliant to have a group of Good Gym volunteers to help prepare the ground for more growing. Thanks everyone!

Hope to see you again for the next session in October!

After cycling and running over to Hamworthy, we quickly got started digging and clearing the ground so it could be made accessible. Several wheelbarrows later we managed to clear the whole lot.

It was a brilliant team effort - thanks Catherine and Judith for digging almost non stop and getting it all done in an hour!🙌

After heavy rain stopped the task from going ahead a couple of weeks ago, the mission was rescheduled to this Monday. Mary cycled over and Judith ran up to meet with Kirsten and volunteers from Tyler’s Friends. We made a start sweeping the pathways then clearing all the weeds along the border of the garden, with the sunshine making an appearance through the trees in the evening! Now we've made a start we will make a plan with Kirsten to return in a few weeks to continue with the rest of the gardens.

Last Friday evening three Poole Goodgym members met at Bournemouth Pier to support University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity with their eleventh Twilight walk along Bournemouth Promenade . The annual event contributes significant funds to women’s health projects across Dorset at the Royal Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch hospitals. Becky was first to arrive collecting her high-viz jacket, a goody bag courtesy of ASDA and instructions about our task which was to marshal at just about the 5 km half-way mark opposite Boscombe Pier. Elizabeth arrived soon after and together she and Becky were able to catch up with a group of Bournemouth goodgym members responsible for marshalling at the 10k half-way point. Our third marshal, Christine then joined us having rushed back from Swanage where she’d spent a fascinating day watching Antiques Roadshow being filmed. Once we had received our final briefing, we briskly marched the 2.5km to Boscombe Pier ready to cheer the Twilight walkers. Approximately 200 participants ran or strolled along the prom on a beautiful summers evening seeing Bournemouth at its best. As night fell, the breeze picked up and there was a definite chill in the air. Just after 10.00pm the tail-walker with the last of the walkers came past and together we made our way back to base. It was a super evening providing support for such a worthwhile charity event, getting a rare opportunity to say hello to our fellow Bournemouth goodgymers and to have a chance to catch up on each other’s news. Oh and a 5k stretch of the legs as well!