Rachel, Maurice & Nicola had a fabulous time tonight in the garden of local charity, Her Place (was Motherwel). We had fun planting bulbs in the raised bed, putting bedding plants into pots and having a bit of a general tidy up.

The title pun references a few issues we had with locking up the building after we finished! I think it must have taken us about 20 minutes before we could get the key to turn in the lock! Lol!

Well done everyone the flowers looked beautiful.

Nicola x

Rachel, Maurice and Nicola spent a lovely evening in the sunshine enjoying a litter pick around town. We focused on the area from Thomas Street to Queen Street. The litter wasn’t actually too bad, however we still managed to fill three bags.

The highlight of the evening was watching Maurice having his first ever go on a zip wire! We also managed to get him on the swing..... Rachel did a great job of pushing him (not high enough mind you!!)

After we had filled our bags, we headed over to Hops Bar for a nice cold drink and a piece of the infamous Colin the caterpillar! Tonight we were celebrating Maurice‘s 70th birthday and no Goodgym celebration is complete without a Colin!!! He was yum! It was lovely to be joined by Karen W, Karen T & John for the celebrations too.

We had a lovely evening chatting, laughing and making a fuss of of Achilles, the gorgeous resident Hops cat.

Have a fabulous time celebrating your birthday this weekend Maurice! birthday Maurice!! We all love you to bits.

Have a good week everyone.

Lots of love Nicola xxx

It was the perfect weather for a summer litter pick!! Karen, Marjo, Mark, Maurice, Rachel and Nicola collected a whopping 12 bags of rubbish from the streets around the Tesco/Dunelm area.

It's always rewarding to get a good haul of rubbish but it would be nice if the streets didn't need it!

The hi-light of the evening was definitely the drinks and snacks afterwards in Hops Bar. It's always lovely to catch up with friends.

See you at the next one! Nicola xx

It was a lovely evening spent with the loveliest people on a task that was really rewarding.

Before we started the task, Karen, Rachel, Nigel, Maurice & Nicola set off for a walk which took us through some lovely woodland where we met some very friendly dogs, saw the odd squirrel and chatted all things Easter (mainly chocolate eggs!) . We walked 2.5 miles in total and that was before we set to work with our very physical task!

Tonight, the aim was to clear 2 overgrown footpaths near to the bus stop in Haslington It has been left to get overgrown for some years - to the point of not even realising there was even a pavement there!

We all set about the task with shovels, hoes, cutters and brushes and soon had the path cleared. It was definitely one of our more physical tasks but also one of our more rewarding ones too. The transformation was quite remarkable!

Well done everyone. A super successful task! You're all amazing Hope the backs aren't aching too much today!

Lots of love Nicola xxx

Another lovely evening spent with the loveliest people helping to make Macon Way a bit cleaner!

Karen, Rachel, Nigel, Maurice & Nicola spent the evening on Macon way collecting a whopping 5 full bags of rubbish.

It was a productive evening and we were encouraged to see that the nights are getting lighter too... makes all the difference!!!

Well done everyone! Another amazing job done!

Lots of Love Nicola xxx