Daryl greeted us at the start point for the March for Men, but feeling awful… he had to go back home to bed. That left Keith and Lea to represent Goodgym as marshalls for the March for Men. What a perfect day for it. Our marshalling point was the turning point for the 5k. We set off in our high vis jackets with our sign and our cow bells. The first runner turned up 9 mins after the start, yikes, running past us to do the 10k. Then more runners and more walkers turned up, some turning round, visibly relieved to see the turning point signs. Lots of high fives, lots of smiles, lots of thumbs up and even a red rose from a lion for Lea! Kudos to all the people doing their bit for prostate cancer. Not many photos as we were too busy ringing our bells. Fun fact: On our way back home we saw the partial eclipse of the sun....

It was nice to meet Mrs L today after a chat we set to work on the task which was cleaning and moving her books into boxes so she can have a carpet layed we soon had most of the books in boxes she is going to get some more boxes so the rest of them can be done .Mrs L was so creatfull we had a chat and I was on my way knowing it was one less thing on her mind..

Seven Goodgymers meet at Muscliffe Park to help the Parks Foundation set up for the Holi event they helped put on for the Hindu community put on to bring every one together to celebrate Holi and all the colour's . We started by helping to put up gazebos and fencing round the DJ 's gazebo.A group went off to find some sticks so some ribbons could be tied to them for the children could wave them, another group went off to pick some petals to be placed in windows cut out of card we did so much in helping to get this event up and running. My what an event it was full of colour dancing and lovely food.The parks foundation could not thank us enough for all our help.

Five Goodgymmers, Sophie, Millie, Emma, Keith and Lea, turned up at the directed location…. Where are we supposed to be?! Janet (on the phone), Mr Google and a six minute walk got us to the right door to knock on. Up the stairs we went to find two Ikea flatpacks waiting for us. After the unpacking phase, on to the instructions phase onto the screwing and hammering phase. With Millie, the Ikea flatpack specialist, and Sophie, the instruction booklet expert, we all got to work swiftly and efficiently. Everyone had a go at hammering and screwing, lifting and shifting. With the first wardrobe completed and set up in the right corner, a welcome quick tea break followed, after which wardrobe number two was screwed together and set up in no time. Next week a refugee family from Afghanistan will move in. Judging by the fairy bedlinen and the football and tractor bedlinen: two girls and two boys. A very satisfying task, and what’s more, ICN is keen to get us involved in more tasks.

It's that time again! GoodGym's Quiz at Abbeyfield Retirement Home! Tonight, all goodgymers except Eleanor met at the session, Eleanor like a trooper ran to the task and with one more session and Eleanor will be on her 50th good deed!! The groups split into three teams, Millie, Sophie and James Joined "The Loose Women" Emma and Harry joining "The Inadequates" And Eleanor, Mohammed and Daryl joining the team "We Four Kings" With the Quiz master tonight being Caprice, tonight's session also marked Caprice's 400th Good Deed. Yay! The quiz consisted of four rounds, History, Maths, General knowledge and Science and Nature. They even had a Picture Round which consisted of naming the famous landmarks. Tonight was tough, all teams worked hard but "We Four King's" and "The Inadequates" both top teams scoring 50/58!! A tie breaker question was set with the closest team to the answer for the win. Miraculously both teams were Four points out! What are the chances? It was too close to call so Caprice decided to make both teams The Winner. Well done to both teams, what cracking scores!! We will return again next month, We hope to see you there!

Could we have had a more glorious day to do our “cheeky little” litterpick? Four Goodgymmers, Roger, Keith, Lea and Sylvie, once she managed to find us, all joined efforts to get rid of rubbish. Surprise, surprise… in spite of the half term crowds having been and (nearly) gone, the litter wasn’t too bad. We still managed to pick up a fair bit though. And with two thank yous from the public, another Goodgym deed completed. And… the first one for Keith in his ‘100 tasks completed’ Goodgym shirt! Basking in the sunshine sipping our cups of coffee and tea, we are not complaining! No idea why the group photo was such a disaster 🤣🤣🤣