6 Goodgymers (met at the charity and were welcomes by Poppy. She took us onto the roof where the large panels for the podcast booth were being stored beneath a tarpaulin. We set to work carrying then between 3 or 4 of us as they were very heavy. Getting them through the door and into the storage area was tricky but with everyone chipping in, we managed it. A great task for Keith to earn his 100 tshirt on! Fantastic achievement Keith!

Fourteen, yes, you are reading this right, fourteen Goodgymmers turned up at Abbeyfield for another, obviously very popular, quiz night. The 7 Abbeyfield residents that joined us were thus slightly outnumbered. But whether two to one or not: fun was had by all…. that stayed awake! Valentine’s dingbats were followed by a round of geography, a round of general knowledge and a music round. And if you didn’t know this before, you now know that agapornis is a love bird, a very important fact if you’re the twitching kind. And a bit of knowledge of French isn’t amiss either when baiser and galettes make an appearance. And musical talent in abundance judging by the crooning along to Frank Sinatra, Dusty, Elvis, and “who’s that?”… Another successful quiz night, much appreciated by the Abbeyfield residents.

The weather was really bad Daryl still managed to meet up with Karen from the Parks Foundation.The ground had already been prepared for planting the bushes which was a mix of Hawthorne which are good for wildlife we soon had the bushes planted and with wood chips scattered round we cleared up and said our goodbyes and headed home to get warm.

Miss B asked for help with getting food from the Food Bank . I arrived at the food bank gave them the number and with in five minutes I was collecting the food for Miss B and was on my way to her she was so great full for getting her supplies we had a chat and I checked that she was ok we said our goodbyes and I was on my way .

Two Goodgymmers, Keith and Lea, turned up to move some furniture from one address to another. We turned up in the road announced on the task but.. no number. Long road, with many doors, but which was the right one?! Caprice to the rescue: from her work, she managed to give us the required details. Right, found the right door, rung the bell, yes, right address, but no van! A lady in a tiny car parked right in front of us with a big bag of cat litter in her car. So Keith made up his own Goodgym task: carrying the bag to her door down the road. She even agreed to have her picture taken. Oh good, the van turned up, bookcase duly removed round the bend from the premises into the van. Then on the bikes to the next address, yikes, Mr Google maps sending us in the wrong direction, but we got there on time. Bookcase out of the van and then round several bends, up the stairs with a bend to the left, turn left again, no… to the right. BTW wounded soldier in the process, as the bookcase was nearly falling apart. Phew, task done!

Daryl, Janet and new Goodgymer Sylvie met at Pelham Park to help Steve and Lisa from the Parks Foundation to build a compost bin. First Daryl and Janet created a rectangle from planks of wood. This would form the perimeter of the compost bins. Meanwhile the others flattened the area of ground and then we started to knock the posts into the ground. This was fun as we got to wear a hard hat and use our muscles!! Finally, after a much-needed cup of tea on a very nippy winter morning, we drilled all the planks along the sides. Now it’s all ready to make compost! Hope to see Sylvie again at another task soon.