Roberta, Anne-Laure and Jess spent a morning potting plant plugs at Braywick Heath Nurseries.

They planted everything from tomatoes to petunias, quickly finding a system which maximised output!

They estimated planting over 500 plugs!!

There are more sessions at Braywick this week. Check the website and get signed up!

Last night, a big group of GoodGymmers (14 to be exact) along with 2 members of the local council gathered around a large laurel bush on the corner of St Luke's Road and Cordwallis Road. 2 groups had made sure they opted for active travel to arrive at the task - Sophie, Jess and Kelley ran 2km and there was a group of approximately 5-6 walkers who walked around 1.5km.

The task was to chop the bush down to make way for a nature garden for St Luke's School, just across the road. It was probably the biggest bush that GoodGym have trimmed thus far...!

Our task leader brought along lots of tools to help us - loppers, sacateurs and litter pickers - as there was a lot of litter buried deep within the bush! And nobody likes a dirty bush! So we did a sterling job of cleaning it up, chopping it back and our task leader was very handy with the saw to tackle the bigger branches. We worked on the bush for an hour and made a huge amount of progress which our task leader was very grateful for.

It was one heck of a workout and we were all sweating by the end, which meant we definitely all deserved some treats.

Thankfully, the amazing Anne-Laure made sure to plan her 50th good deed with this enormous group of hungry GoodGymmers and Rachel made the most epic cake and even provided homemade brownies for the free-from participants! Amy presented Anne-Laure with the customary handmade GoodGym medal too. Congratulations Anne-Laure on reaching this milestone and thank you Rachel for the yummy cakes and brownies!

I think we can all agree that the task was hard work, a laurel fun and as always, great company. There is a lot of laurel now piled up needing to be taken away so if any GoodGymmers are able to assist please message either Sophie or Amy via the whatsapp who can put you in touch with the task owner and you can self-log a good deed.

Great work GG team!

Sheila, Anne-Laure and Rachel met up on a sunny afternoon to help out The Friends Of Ray Mill Island. This was an "admin day ". Tasks were as follows: 1) Lay out newly purchased plants waiting to be planted, cover with wire cages to protect from pesky squirrels!! 2) Mark up all tools with bright yellow paint. 3) Write up an inventory. 4) A special task for Sheila....using her skills to write up the Latin plant names onto wooden boards that will be displayed at a later date. This was a lovely relaxing way to spend a sunny Saturday afternoon. P.S. some biscuits were consumed during this task!

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!

Three new branches of Travel-log hotels are open for business at Braywick Nature Reserve following our latest GoodGym community mission.

The beetle boutiques, which will make perfect venues for stag parties, were constructed using logs we half-buried in the soil.

We began wheely quickly, transporting enough logs for two hotels, but after some very speedy digging it was agreed that tree was indeed the magic number and a third was built next door.

Thanks to everyone who came along and logged another good deed!