Eight goodgymers made their way to the Riverside family hub to remove weeds and small shrubs from the area. There was lots of tugging, cutting back and scooping of leaves. The time flew by as many hands made light work! A fun evening with lots of chatting and catching up of news. Rachel generously shared her birthday Celebration sweets to celebrate a job well done! Also well done to Jen who completed 115 skips as part of her 100 a day challenge for charity!

7 Goodgymmers were very chip-er at todays task of spreading wood chip in the forest area at St Marys pre school

Tony was a magnificent sight standing atop of a pile of wood chip with his fish and chips in hand- it provided much nourishment for the task at hand

An hour in and you wooden believe the difference we made in the area. The weeds and dirt were covered over with a fresh batch of wood chip, making for a mu(l)ch more usable space for the school

The end of the task loomed and we said goodbye to our task owner Michelle and made our way homes

At the community allotment this evening the first task for Angela and Sheila was to start filling the water butts once the Day Centre had emptied, as the hose could be a trip hazard. Meanwhile we started taking down the tomato plants, as any remaining fruits would not have time to ripen. The green tomatoes were collected for anyone wanting to make green tomato chutney. The plants were put on the compost heap and the canes tidied away. Our good deed for the day was to give some produce to a lady passing by who wanted to buy the vegetables. I hope she enjoyed it!

The weather didn't play ball, so we had to change our plans from painting preserve on the fence to removing ivy from it. There's nothing that fazes GoodGym spirit though. So 11 of us went at the remaining ivy (we've removed a whole lot in the past) with gusto. Some also took out time to rake away the leaves and branches near the fence.

Special shout out to newcomer Paris for her first session with GG. Welcome!

Sol, Sheila and Angela met the community allotment on a sunny Friday afternoon.

The task was to prepare empty vegetable beds for the winter break. Angela and Sheila started weeding, Sol made several wheelbarrow rides to bring manure to the beds. The last part was to cover them with plastic sheets to suppress weeds over the winter months.

The hour passed quickly while catching up summer trips and upcoming events. We escaped the rain and that was a positive start to the weekend!