A neatening evening in Richmond town centre as we headed to St Mary Magdalene churchyard where the grade II listed war memorial needed some tidying up. Under the watchful eye of task owner Ken we weeded the bed and tidied up the slabs that surround it before Ken blew in with his leaf blower and cleared away the loosened weeds, moss and grass to leave the whole thing ready for remembrance.

What happens at the Powerstation after dark? A rabble of monsters disguised as GoodGymmers descend to cause chaos... This evening this involved shifting weights, undoing Frankenstein's bolts and lifting heavy shelving into a new position - the next step in centre manager Danielle's dastardly plans with the gym!

On Saturday morning 4 GGers from Richmond arrived at Homemead Residential Care home ready to get stuck in to tidying and sprucing up the garden.

However, the changes had been rung at Homemead as new resident Eric had appointed himself Head Gardener and had done a lot of work getting the garden into good shape.

We were introduced to Eric who made it clear in no uncertain terms that our services would be neither required nor welcome… in fact we would be “booted out” in future! He was actually hilarious and a lovely chap…we think 😆

An unexpected start to the evening as four members witnessed then helped with a traffic accident before handing over to police who arrived at the scene with blue lights on!

Thankfully the task itself was just around the corner where the rest of the group had already started digging holes to plant bluebells in the graveyard area that Ken has been working on.

After some careful digging in the dark, the group headed to the nearby Angel & Crown for a Taskforce catch-up, full of ideas and appreciation for what everyone does to make GG Richmond something special to be part of. ❤️

Four GGers arrived with a paw-sitive mindset for the monthly RFS task of making the yard look tidy.

Chris set about chopping back the ivy and using the trusty magnetic sweeper to remove any loose nails lying around.

Rosie and Monika meanwhile were weeding and clearing the greenery near the fence, while Adam, with his trusty litter picker cleared the litter.

This combined with the aid of a fury friend ensured the yard was looking nice and purr-fect.

No, Halloween hasn’t started early. We just used a plant fertiliser that had an interesting name! 4 Goodgymer’s spent a Monday evening task at the 3 Pigeons plot, where we cleared up autumnal leaves, did some weeding, cleared litter and sprinkled some fertiliser around the plot and in Buccleuch Gardens.

First time without our lovely Anita! We hope the move well!