We welcomed David to his first GoodGym session this evening - great to have you along! He certainly got stuck in with our task, helping to take down some shelving.

Meanwhile, Lucy, Richard and I joined Clare at the new unit to help put up the new Repair Cafe / Library of Things signage. Cue lots of scrabbling up and down ladders, then an emergency jig-saw break when we realised the sign was a little too long!

Back at the old unit, the rest of the team made great progress filling holes, taking down shelving and sweeping the floors. We finished up by taking a few bits and pieces across the new unit. Sinéad has reassured us that, despite appearances in the photos, she was not in drink whilst using a power tool!

So much achieved in such a short space of time - amazing work, everyone!

Three of us enjoyed the late summer sunshine and stretched our legs while working at home! Vanessa made friends with lots of spiders while searching for litter in the bushes! One big bag of litter collected!

Unfortunately Mr D couldn't find the screws and bolts to attach the roof to his shed.

So we managed to place the roof on the shed and slot it onto its overlapping pieces. This measnt that all the items in the shed would stay dry. We then weighed it down so that it wont blow off.

Mr D said he will have a good look for the missing fittings or get some new ones before asking for us to come back and help.

I deadheaded the roses, to encourage them to continue flowering into autumn, and cleared the dandelions from the borders.

Mrs P was very pleased with the tidier garden.

(Forgot to take a photo, so I took a welly-pic when I got home!)

Our task this evening seemed a little counterintuitive for GoodGymers as we were helping remove weeds that had fought their way back through astro-turf. But for good reason, as one of the young residents of the block has an allergy to the weeds coming through, and he loves playing outside! We made quick work of neatening up the space, and even managed to clear the greenery from between the paving slabs too. Sustenance was provided, which was very much appreciated by Ness who had forgotten to eat all day!! Two teeny residents came out to check out our handywork and had fun running around and crawling over the decking.

Five GoodGymers joined a total of 34 volunteers who joined forces to help out the wonderful Share Portsmouth to move the contents of the library of things / repair cafe. This was all within the Cascades and involved moving over 600 items from one unit to another. Items included DIY gear, kitchen items, suitcases, cider-making equipment and more, all helped by wheelbarrows, trolleys and people power!

With so many people, set in three well organised groups, we moved all the items in around 45 mins. We will be back again next week for the group task to help them with the last bits in the old unit!