Just the two of us! Tonight, Julie & I (Alys) headed over to St Mark’s Church in Kingsfield to help out at their newly established community garden.

The hawthorn trees planted to create some lovely hedges were feeling a bit suffocated by grass and other small plants sharing their soil.

We spent an hour and a half with garden forks and spades getting as rid as many of the weeds as possible to leave behind a neat soil strip giving the saplings lots of much needed space.

I obtained some injuries - an ant bite to the calf and a speck of soil in the eye but this didn’t slow us down!

We managed to slip in some strength training too by taking turns carrying the waste over to the compost heap.

They are looking for regular volunteers to help maintain the garden - so if you have an hour to spare on a Wednesday morning, make sure to get in touch with Rosemary at St Mark’s.

All Aboard Club 🚂

This morning Wayne, Alys, & Julie met Richard from All Aboard Club at Brookwood Halls to help build the big train track for the kids to enjoy 😊.

We were joined by a few other volunteers from local organisations. We Helped unload the car and between us took ll the crates into the hall and strategically placed them around.

Alys & Julie started to place the chairs around the hall for the parents then it was time to build. We all started in different area's and started to lay the tracks. within 30 mins the track was looking great. The track had plenty of loops and turns it must of been one of the most technical and interesting tracks we had done, it looked great.

This coming Wednesday we will be doing a leaflet drop around the Goldsworth Park Area for Sam Beare Hospice 😊

Tonight, five human GoodGymers and one canine GoodGymer took on not one, not two, but three tasks!

We were back at Knaphill Community Fridge, which seems to always bless us with a beautiful evening for our task. ☀️

Wayne and Alys took on the task of removing a rotting trellis and replacing it with a new one. Well actually…Wayne did all the drilling, and Alys just held the screws! Wayne also got his gloves on to clear out toys and balls that children from the nursery had poked through the gaps. No doubt it won’t take long for more to gather there…

Meanwhile, Julie, Nadia and Agathe gave the community fridge a good ‘ol Spring clean, cleaning it from ceiling to floor (and window to wall).

A few of us also jumped in to replace one of the sides of the gazebo that has got a bit tattered over time. Quinn made sure to supervise this step!

We were kindly rewarded with a treat from Gail’s before heading home. 😀

It was great to have Agathe back after her trip to France. We missed Katie this week, who took a fleeting trip to Italy, Anne who is in France 🇫🇷 and we’ll be missing Nadia for the next few weeks whilst she’s in Japan 🇯🇵- have an amazing time! 🎌

On Sunday, there is not one, not two, but three tasks as well - Junior parkrun, Brookwood trains and wildflower sowing on Millmoor Common. Join us for one?

This evening five GoodGym members from Woking helped out at the Dramatize community centre. For the pre-task run Nadia and Wayne met so that Nadia could do her run leader assessment and be observed by Wayne A quick 1 mile to the task and Katie was already waiting, and then we were shortly followed by the rest of the gang, Julie and Alys.

We were greeted by Karen who gave us the briefing with Julie and this was to pull up some old lining and replace it with wood chippings. The team quickly got into gear and had some very satisfying lining pulling progress. We stopped for a quick chocolate cake and water kindly provided by Karen. 🥮

Then we made our way to the chippings heap which smelled of almonds. Some of us were familiar with this from our previous WWF tasks where we knew that Laurel cuttings smell of almond apparently due to cyanide content. It’s so great that we can learn new things about nature with GoodGym. 🌲

We had some nice conversations about what people were getting up to, upcoming holidays and big life events and it was good to catch up with the gang. 💬

Finally we finished the path and it looked completely different and we were chuffed with our work. This garden will continue to be improved so that people who attend Dramatize can benefit from a pleasant outdoor space. 🌾

We said farewell to Karen and the community Centre and spoke about our upcoming tasks, one of which is Knaphill community fridge which we all love and will double up as a mini social for those that can make it. 🍔🍻

Wayne and Nadia ran back to their cars and everybody else went home. Great task well done everyone and see you next time!

Tonight we were back at Woking food bank at The Lighthouse, giving it a good old spring clean.

Anne, Karen & Laura ran from the Leisure Centre, whilst Katie, Phil, Julie and Alys made their own way to the task.

In less than half an hour, we had the place hoovered, mopped and organised! Many hands make light work as they say…

If you couldn’t join us today, there are two tasks available this Sunday - one indoors helping build a train set for All Aboard’s sessions for autistic, ADHD and SEN children, and another outdoor sowing wildflowers on Millmoor Common.