A cold, but more surprisingly dry night welcomed 8 goodgymmers to Holyport FC for the G.O.A.T of all tasks- pothole filling!

Once we had assembled (like the good gym equivalent to the avengers) we collected our weapons of choice in the way of spades, forks and wheel barrows, and with torches leading our way made it to the pile of shingle in the dark.

In no time at all we had 3 wheel barrows (one with an exceptionally squeaky wheel) filled and commenced with the mission at hand

A short time later all pot holes were filled and we made our way back to the meeting point for cookies and pats on the back for another successfully completed mission!

Watch this space for the sequel!

3 Goodgymers made their way to Holyport FCs ground to help with the cutting back of hedges behind the goal

We met up with Holyport tsar Richard and Holyport mascot Rosie dog where we got all required tools and set to work in the appointed area

In no time at all we had completed the task and were rewarded with hot chocolate for all out hard work

Not a bad mornings work!

11 GoodGymers made their way to Holyport football club to help with painting the new tea bar and putting bark down in the very sodden car park!

A team of 5 kicked off the first half by painting the tea bar and had finished one side just as the rain really started to interrupt play

The remaining players, but by no means substitutes played a tremendous second half by putting down bark in the very boggy car park area which should make it a much more useable space for the club

Once we had finished these tasks, we put the tools away, washed out the paint pots and made our way to the side lines where we said our goodbyes and went home to get dry and warm!

Weather 1, GoodGym 2. (Tasks completed)

An ode to GoodGym by Nicola and Amy who took inspiration from Coldplay at Glastonbury

Look at those (GoodGym) stars Look how they shine for you With lots of jobs to do Like painting blocks yellow They came along And brought a dog for you Had lots of things to do Like painting blocks all yellow

Instead of being at Glasto, 8 GoodGym hero’s rocked up to Holyport FC where we set up camp and started on the long list of tasks

Amy was on the main pyramid stage painting her yellow brick road (steps) while others started on the blocks

Tony was in his element with a wide choice of gardening equipment, and proceeded to the Other stage where he strimmed his way round all areas in need of a good tidy up

The remaining GoodGymers took the legends slot and spent their time cutting back overgrown hedges and taking an abundance of grass cuttings from behind the goal area, depositing them in the earmarked area

Snacks a plenty were provided and once everything had been tidied up, we made our way back home to put our feet up. Until next time!

Last night, 10 Goodgymers met at the Community Centre for a pre-match pep talk before heading off to tackle tasks awaiting us at Holyport FC.

Once there, we split into two teams, armed ourselves with shovels and paintbrushes (not at the same time, although I’d like to see what that task would be) and the game began!

Team Shingle was well practiced at making pothills out of mountains from our previous matches here. They managed to get rid of two piles of shingle by hiding them in potholes along the access road to the pitches, before the final whistle was blown.

Meanwhile, it was a total eclipse of the fence as Team Painters covered a lot of ground (and fences), but finally won the day when the paint went in off the woodwork to seal the victory with a dazzling display of beautiful brushwork.

There was no need to go into overtime, even though we’d probably have like to - by the end of the night, the match was won by both teams. Another three points to Goodgym, which we were all over the moon about!

Last night 11 GoodGymmers assembled at the Maidenhead Community Centre for our usually #wednesdaynightisgoodgymnight group run. The walkers set off for the 2km shortly followed by the 4 runners after they’d completed a quick warm up. Angela and Gillian led the run whilst Sophie and Kelley covered the back and soon the runners had arrived at Holyport FC where task owner and GoodGym member Louise was waiting for us. Soon after arriving we heard some twit-too’ing in the trees and swiftly realised we may need to come up with a wh-owl load of puns! But that didn’t ruffle our feathers in the pitch black night and off we set down the pothole covered driveway to gather our tools. Shortly we noticed an array of lights heading our way – it was either an army of very large fireflies or the walkers had arrived! The task was to shovel the shingle into the potholes – one we have become very familiar with! We all set to work armed with shovels, forks and wheelbarrows but one of the barrows was considerably harder to manoeuvre due to a flat tyre. We took it in turns to share the load with the dodgy barrow! After around 45 minute of hard graft the walkers and runners both set off back to the community centre and said our goodbyes , until the next adventure!