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!

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

We had a lovely evening down on the Sherborne estate weeding a local alley and preparing it for some wildflower seeds.

Hazel, Phoenix, Maurice and Nicolaset to work pulling lots of thistles and stubborn weeds from the borders ready to plant some wildflowers. It was a bit of an arduous task because as there had been no rain, the ground was really hard which made getting the weeds out tougher!

Phoenix was in her element spotting multiple caterpillars and other insects that were putting in an appearance. It was nice to meet the real life Colin the caterpillar! :)

Will be back in a couple of weeks to get the rest of the weeds up and so the wildflower seeds.

It was a rewarding task and we could really see the difference we had made.

Well done everyone. You're all amazing.

Lots of love Nicola xxx

everyone brought their own sunshine to junior parkrun to brighten up a grey rainy morning! Claire, Maurice and Karen helped put on this fabulous event for 126 juniors and their grown ups. Claire was a marshal cheering people on around the course and keeping people safe; Maurice was timekeeper recording every pair of little legs crossing the finish line, and Karen was Run Director, doing event set up, welcoming volunteers, a briefing, and processing results at the end.

a lovely morning for a bit of parkrun volunteering! Nicola and Karen did the course check and course set up before Karen did the event briefing before the runners and walkers set off for their 5k around the park. Nicola did a fabulous job of number checker / funnel manager, making the result processing a doddle for Karen. While Karen and Nicola were packing everything away ready for next week's parkrun, Emily and Maurice were doing their favourite job of sorting the tokens back into order and replacing missing tokens, all ready to go again next week. 362 people took part - what a fabulous thing to be part of!

Maurice, Mark and Nicola spent a lovely evening out in the summer Sun doing what we do best - collecting litter!

Our night was spent around the King George’s playing field and main road area near the rising Sun. We were pleasantly surprised by how little litter there was, but we still managed to collect three decent bags full.

The best part about being out and doing these tasks is the lovely company. We had a good natter and put the world to rights as usual.

Awesome job the 3 Amigos!

Until next time!

Nicola xx

Maurice was the stalwart GoodGymmer as ever as he provided support to the junior parkrun team this week. With numbers increasing at junior parkrun (which is fabulous! More children and families being active!), Maurice's role was to marshal at the turnaround cone to warn about trips and falls, and then on to Funnel Manager, keeping the children in order and making sure the timekeepers and tokens stayed in sync.

122 juniors took part this week, another brilliant attendance! And well done Maurice!