Keith and Lea had signed up for another four flatpacks to be unflatpacked into two wardrobes. All went smoothly, considering the recent experience gained in this area… only unsmooth thing was: oops, Lea dropping one of the flatpacks on her toes, ouch! At least it was not her thumb that got bashed this time. #job✅

Two Goodgymmers , Keith and Lea, joined 8 other people from Ethical Kitchen Garden to clear the garden area behind St Ambrose Church. The area needs clearing because the group wants to start growing vegetables there for the local community. Pulling ivy, lots of it, digging up rhododendrons, cutting and lopping… we got lots done, but there is still an awful lot more to do! But… that means more tasks for us Goodgymmers, yay!

Three Goodgymmers, Daryl, Keith and Lea, got their tools out, ready to tackle more flatpacks for another refugee family. Two wardrobes, four flatpacks?!?! Oh, two flatpacks each, luckily numbered nicely to get the right packs together. Tools laid out, screws, dowels and all the other bits and bobs lined up, wardrobe parts ready and waiting. Lifting, shifting, hammering and of course screwing in ALL those screws… One screw left, one dowel left, oh oh… no no they are spares, no problem! Phew! And eh, Lea, you are not supposed to hit your thumb with the hammer, ouch! Good teamwork resulted in two nice wardrobes set up in no time for an Afghan refugee family to use as from next week. Well done, team!

Three Goodgymmers, Roger, Keith and Lea, met up with Nick from Diverse Abilities at Langside school. The shed we painted three weeks ago needed another coat. What with risking to run out of the paint we used for the first coat, we opted for a mix of the old and the new. As we didn’t have a bucket to do the mixing, Keith did a pretty good job of mixing it in the paint trays! … although the result may have looked a bit like a tie-dye job?! Makes a change to boring sameness though. Roger with the large roller was painting at an amazing speed, with Keith using a small roller coming in second and Lea with just a brush going at a snail’s pace. Well, actually, we all worked pretty fast only to be slowed down by the super tedious job of removing the masking tape from the windows. As it had been on those windows since our last visit to Langside school, it was not an easy task. Using our nails, ouch, and cloths doused in petrol, we managed to get rid of most of it. Which cannot be said of the smell on our hands … any tips on removing that smell will be gratefully received! Oh and Nick has quite a few more tasks lined up for us! Yay.