Firstly I apologise for the delay in the report - a quick trip to the doctors yesterday turned into a day in hospital.

On Wednesday evening we met at Pryford Primary School. Well done to Anne and Sharon for running to the task! It was a turn out for GG ladies - think we may have frightened off the men of GG?!

We were met by Tina at reception who showed us what the task involved. It was nice to have task indoors- it's been a while since we have been let loose with a paint brush. Our task involved painting the canteen area where the children have scuffed the lower area with their shoes. The first challenge though was to open the paint can.. it took all our strength and many goes with an arrange of tools but Harriet was successful and we could get to work. Its been a long time since seeing Harriet at a GoodGym task so it was wonderful to have you back. Also welcome back to Anne who has been away for a while visiting her family in San Francisco.

We all worked well together and fitted into our jobs roles nicely. The before and after difference was impressive.

It was also nice to receive a lovely thank you email in the morning after the task saying what a great job we all did and how impressed they were with the way we left things so clean and tidy.

Next week we will be meeting at Brookwood farm - this will either be a litter pick of a leaflet distribution, or even both!

Have a lovely week.

This warm evening 8 GG Woking members braved the heat with a 10k run to Pyrford Primary School to remove some brambles. ☀️

We welcomed Frances from Goodgym Brighton who was in our lovely Town visiting family. We also welcomed Ben a friend of Frances who is thinking of joining us at Woking, 😄

Wayne ran from home to the school while the rest of the group met at Woking Leisure Centre. Lauren also joined us and cycled to the school. Once at the school we were kindly provided with a jug of water with some ginger nut biscuits along with a collection of tools ✂️.

The task looked very daunting and we though we would never finish it, but once we got going there was no looking back. With garden shears, rakes, we got busy cutting and pulling and screaming when being attacked by brambles 🌿. While working away we discovered that Ben was a landscape gardner which was very handy.

Wayne was moaning about his cut on the shin while James had opened up an old wound but it was all dealt with some antiseptic wipes. As we started seeing the fence that was behind the brambles we new we were getting there. It total we found 4 footballs ⚽️ and 2 tennis balls which we left in the playground.

Once the task was completed we finished off the water and the remaining biscuits had a good natter and everyone headed back.

Junior Park Run are still short of volunteers for this Sunday if anyone can help Please sign up. 🏃🏼‍♂️