Foxglove was in the air tonight as a group of red campions came together to crocus on the task in hand. There was a wormhole lotta love shared towards the trees at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.

Before starting the task, a group of 5 met at the Suitcases to quickly get a warm up in the bag and wind our way up to Faulkner Square. Once there, we kicked, waved wildly and punched the air. It was a HIIT session. All of which was nothing too exciting for a neighbourhood used to filmsets. We ran the last stretch to meet Ema (thank you for the photos!) and be greeted by Rowan and Fiona. No time had been wasted by them, they already had started! With everyone clear on our tasks of digging and removing clods of turfs to the skip there was time to catch up and see how each other was doing. The social side of group runs was in full flow with puns aplenty. It wouldn’t be casting nasturtiums to say that we primrose to the challenge.

It was great to have Amal join for her first group run and there will be more trips coming up soon to help finish the grass clearing. Prepping these areas will help the bees, pollination and hopefully lift the spirits of those who see the wildflowers. Good work everyone!

The Royal Liverpool University Hospital started an initiative called Tea at Three (T@3) where staff have a 15 minute break at 3am or 3pm and take the opportunity to talk about one positive thing. It is really great for team building and maintaining good spirits. GoodGymer Yan suggested that we could fire up our ovens and donate some homemade cakes to show them we care and so, GoodBakery was born!

Ruth and Edwin cooked up a storm including cookies, muffins and rocky roads. To make sure social distancing rules were followed, Eimear stepped in to deliver the goods.

Emma baked some vegan treats of brownies and flapjacks and delivered the haul by bike by multitasking alongside her GoodGym Rainbow Challenge training session.

As she doesn't live in Liverpool, Pauline instead picked up a few goodies and delivered them a team of local heros at Woodside Primary School, where staff have been working on a rota to keep the school open for vulnerable and key workers’ children.

Thanks everyone for your efforts, I’m sure they were much appreciated by these incredible key worker!