Thanks to a local resident putting a hose over his wall we were able to keep a continuous flow of watering cans and buckets going to and fro and in an hour we had given everything in the beds a good drink. We also planted the last squash and courgette plants and removed a diseased honeysuckle.

Three Goodgymers met on a sunny (but surprisingly chilly) morning to deliver leaflets for Christian Aid Week, having a good chat on the way round and admiring the very high standard of front garden in the neighbourhood. Our contact at Southlands Methodist Church was very grateful for our support as it helped them publicise the fundraising event more widely round the local area.

No leader, not a GG t-shirt in sight and for half the session no cloth! Chaos!... but we buckled down; wiped the tables, cleared them away, hoovered, stacked the chairs, swept the floor and dealt with the bins. Another busy session at Planet Food came to end, and the community hall's in ship shape for its next group.

We met Tracy in the Groves to help clear a bed so the residents could plant it up. We first cleared weeds, then removed plastic, then finally bagged up the gravel to be used elsewhere.

The ground underneath was solid due to lack of rain so digging over will need to wait until it softens up!

Our 2nd ever official Monday Night Group Ride saw a fab turnout of 23 GoodGym Yorkies on a beautiful spring evening. We started off welcoming newcomer, Andy before a quick run through the weekend's achievements, which David absolutely smashing the challenging White Horse Marathon and the absent Rich completing the frankly ridiculous Fred Whitton Sportive. We'll let him off for deciding to rest his legs this evening!

Tonight's task was at Yearsley Grove Primary School, which is a good 4km or so away, so Nick led a perfectly punctual run out for about 5 or so people, whilst the rest of the group hopped onto 2 wheels and cycled to the task. We might need a bit of practice sticking together as a biker gang when we realised less people had arrived than we had set off with, but eventually everyone wad accounted for and the task could start

At Yearsley Grove, we met Amanda and Adele who gave us a run through of what was needed and set us off to work, with half the crew focused on a general garden tidy up and the other half helping caretaker Malcolm with starting to put together some new raised beds.

James S was soon getting stuck in with the sledgehammer and knocking in new posts for the raised beds, whilst everyone tackled the weeds that had built up across the garden. Full wheelbarrows of weeds were then being taken across the play area and dumped to the side out of the way.

Does stuff mean biscuits - Max

With the task getting towards completion and the GG crew having weeded every inch of the garden, there was a timely boost of cups of squash and chocolate biscuits, to give everyone a bit of energy before the fitness session

As Ed is still injured, the fitness course was perfectly modelled by Lucy who demonstrated the route which involved hopping on one foot, little jumps before a standing long jump, throwing a ball into a hoop type thing before a sprint race. 3 circuits of the course seemed to be enough yo keep everyone entertained and not too tired out for the run/ride home

Everything tidied away, clean and hoovered in no time! :)