After several years without an event, the Coryton Primary School PTA decided to go all out for the 2022 Autumn Fete and asked GoodGym for help. A small but perfectly formed group comprised of Fiona and I set out to help.

Organised with military precision and with the aid of a detailed map of what went where, we set about helping. First up, we set up the table for 'Jolly Jars' - children had been asked to fill a cup with sweets and toys for a £1 a go lucky dip. It was clear that the children had put lots of effort into the jars and the bright anc olourful collection looked great!

Next up - sorting through the bric a brac and attempting to bring some order to the mix of puzzles, wall art, dolls (including a curvy Barbie) and books. Lots of bargains ready to be had!

Onto the pony pen - installing poles into the ground with ribbon to provide a mini enclosure for the ponies arriving in time for the fete. Two more tasks to go - sort the drinks table and put up the bunting.

We joined the PTA for a quick cuppa before wishing them well for the afternoon ahead, resisting the temptation of the cake stall. Fingers crossed that the weather is kind this afternoon!

Coryton Primary School needed setting up and so 6 GoodGym runners were on hand to do just that!

• We put bunting around trees and a stage
• We moved the inflatable castle and obstacles from a van to the area where it was to be built
• We moved tables and chairs to the school playground
• We set up an area to stop children from running into ponies - Yes, apparently that can happen
• And we moved items that were going to be sold at the fair from inside the school to their designated stall.

After we helped out we had delicious flapjacks that Wendy had made and gathered on the ship for a group photo.

Happy #GGSuperSaturday everyone

Gym Bunting of Cardiff is a self-taught genius, spending free time drinking with friends, Fiona, Martin, Lucy, Lydia, Mikey and Ben. When Teacher Wendy posts a difficult problem as a challenge, good Gym solves it.

There are no problems, only solutions

The problem, getting the Autumn Fete set up for Coryton primary school. Usually this would involve moving all of the furniture from the school out for the stalls, but with the weather as it was this was another problem. So together they ran, and a short 3 ¾ miles later they were ready to be ‘schooled’. And so with rain all around it seemed that ‘fete’ had decided to stay indoors. This made the work different, and stopped any inflatable fun with the slides, and so to work. Fiona and Lydia found the best game of the evening, The Wine Game, but to work drying furniture from outside and moving it in, preparing seating for the masses to come and buy their goodies, moving some books for a stall and finally the wonders of bunting.

To the debate, can bunting be a verb – to bunt?

Continual work, only stopping for a quick grab flapjack and the burst of energy it provided. It was a lovely, if not slightly damp morning with bunting galore, the more adventurous (Ben, Martin and Lydia) even took some outside, Ben making it into a bikini – and in school too! Whilst happily in the dry Fiona and Lucy were busy making sure a sign was ready to welcome all into the school. Once started they just couldn’t ‘leaf’ it alone until it looked autumnal.

After being given a lovely goodie bag we were then treated to pizza and hot drinks, all fuelled a raring to go Good gym left.