I gave some of the young trees in Tamworth Park a good drink. These were the saplings we helped the Portsmouth Tree Wardens plant in February.

After volunteering at Eastney Junior parkrun, Andy, Dave and I walked down the never-ending Ferry Road to meet up with the rest of the crew. One Triathlon spectator was very kindly waving a "Go Team Jen!" banner, which gave me the oomph I needed to get to the end of the road!

Abby (and Unofficial GGer Drew), Katie and Sanat then met us as we headed out onto the water to paddle kayaks 2 miles through Langstone Harbour back to the Watersports Centre.

We weren't expecting to see any seals (a highlight of all kayaking trips!) due to tide times, but we were lucky enough to see two groups. The first lot were about half way along our journey, so there was time for a pit-stop to watch them dipping in and out of the water and having a good old sunbathe.

Once back, we helped the Believe and Achieve team to wash down all the gear, rock the kayaks and organise seats and life-jackets for storage.

We then enjoyed a warm but pleasant walk back down the Coastal Path, where we think we may have spotted our seal friends from land.

This was one of my favourite GG tasks ever, i hope you all had as much fun as I did!

Success!! After an address error 🤦‍♂️ a couple of weeks ago we were able to help out Ms S today! 😁

Jane and I were asked to clear one side of the garden of weeds and rubbish. We then dug the dead leaves out of a pot and arranged the other planters in an aesthetically pleasing manner 🪴 These will take centre focus for Ms S photos to help sell her house 📷 During our cleanup we also swept the forecourt of the house as the pesky wind kept letting the leaves in! 🚪💨

We enjoyed a lovely chat whilst in the shade and then said our goodbyes.

The lovely selfie of us wouldn't upload so have a nice view of some Australian mountains near a parkrun of a Portsmouth GG-er ex-pat

Congratulations to Andy for completing his 50th Good Deed this evening! I will do my best to locate the glamorous rosette for the next task!

We managed to complete two Good Deeds in just 90 minutes this evening, with both a leaflet drop for Fratton Community Centre and some planting and litter picking for Make.

The dry conditions over the past few weeks made the soil in the Make garden difficult to turn over, but Jane's trips to and from the pub next door to fill up our water bottles helped soften things a bit.

With a bit of team work and a few different approaches, we managed to uproot a very dense but very dead plant, and replace him with some donated geraniums, petunias and begonias. The area was already looking much better after some other supporters of Make had been planting, but hopefully the last little corner will be looking lovely and bright as our donations bloom.

Today it was less about gardening and more about maintenance. We started checking all of the Gazebos to make sure they were fit for purpose. Ready for the many events planned this summer, we'd need 2-3 tgat functioned. 3 were found to be fine and even had their roof covering, the others not 100% but repairable. With everything duly labelled, we moved on to checking if we had additional roof coverings and side panels. No roof coverings but side panels with windows duly checked and tidily packed away, with other areas in PCC to be checked separately. The Park had been mowed earlier in the week, but areas around the beds, box planting and signage needed to be tidied up with shears or edge cutters. Finally, after a bit of weeding, we gave our 'Friends of Victoria Park' plant box a good watering. It's looking lovely and the wild flower seeds are poking through. One of the volunteers is bringing in some lavender to attract the bees. We enjoyed refreshments, biscuits and a chat about swimming with Sharks!

It was a busy morning at the food bank today with less than 10 volunteers. 😱🤯

Lisa and Yvonne were the only helpers out back making up food parcels. 🥫📦 There’s a new system where customers can choose what they would like, which is supposed to avoid swaps, but doesn’t! 🙄 It takes much longer to make up orders, so still needs some work.

Pat was one of 2 helpers on the cafe 🍰 ☕after someone had a strop and went home.😾 Fiona did a great job today running the show, keeping morale up and greeting everyone on the door. 😊👏