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.

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.

It was a task of meeting old friends,Emma,Milly,Sophie who have just finished at Uni it's nice to see you again plus Charlotte Caprice's sister who is over from Tenerife and enjoys coming on a Goodgym .We all meet in Meyrick park for a litter pick ,as there was a concert in the park over the weekend.We soon got to work gathering up the litter,Caprice found a pair of Jeans,Charlotte found a grill from a B Q not to be out done Emma, Milly,and Sophie found not One but Six Vapes,plus various feathers in all different colours. In the Forty five Minutes we filled Three rubbish sacks all in a short space of time.I hope to see you all on the next task.

I would like to start the report with a welcome to Mohammed who joined us for the first time Mohammed has just moved to Bournmouth from Birmingham.Eleanor,Mohammed ,Caprice and Daryl meet at the Brewhouse for the short run to Meyrick Park,as we turned into the road leading to the park we were greeted by a load of litter which we soon picked up Mohammed found a slipper which a random item to leave in the road .Eleanor found a wicker basket not to be left out Caprice found a pair of sliders in bright green with "Why Not" on them .We managed to collect four bags of Rubbish which goes a long way to keeping the park clean for all to enjoy. I look forward to seeing you all on the next task.

Six Goodgymmers, Daryl, Janet, Chloe, James, Keith and Lea, all got up early on this very sunny Bank Holiday Saturday to join the Parks Foundation team in Pelhams Park. The task today: putting raised beds together and filling them with soil for the community to use for growing vegetables. Keith got his drill out and started drilling holes where James had carefully measured and marked the solid oak beams. Daryl was busy with the electric screwdriver to get the very long screws in. And soon the first bed was up. Along the edges sods had to be put back, so Lea, Janet and Chloe got busy doing that. Other tasks that kept us busy all morning were raking grass, digging up and pulling sods of grass up, shovelling soil in to wheelbarrows and emptying those in the new bed, digging deep holes for the new upright posts to go in, concreting round those posts etc. “Hard graft” it certainly was, but the result was certainly worth it. And once again us Goodgymmers showed everyone that we love a great task!

Daryl and Ross meet at the Brewhouse and ran the short distance across the town to Horseshoe Common where we meet Caprice with her two Dogs Rue and Eddie plus Paul, dont leave it so long Paul it was great to see you. Armed with Litter picks we set off round the Common which to our surprise it was very clean which makes a change.We still managed to fill Two half bags of Litter so we managed to leave the area knowing its very clean so all can enjoy the Common.After Three quarters of an hour we said our goodbyes and Daryl and Ross ran back to the Brewhouse Tell next time Daryl