This week we were at Scammonden Water as advertised. The weather was not as forecast but we soldiered on. Four people took part in the task. We were; myself, Kati Law, David Bilton and first-timer Louise. We met at the car park and set off along Sledgate. It was nearly back to the good old days of Goodgym as we ran together to get to the first location for the task. Over the fence into the field of trees, Colne Valley Tree Society had left a collection of trash guards bagged up and ready for the runners. It was a case of getting past the trees with the said guards to the skip collection spot at the bottom of the hill. There was the wet grass and uneven ground to contend with but no complaints, just interested talk. And three journeys together to three differing locations and back, our time was up. Thanks to all tonight's participants for their efforts in getting the job done. (John, that includes you.)

Despite the forecast thunderstorms eight GoodGymmers made their way to Scammonden yesterday evening. It was great to see Wendy out again after lockdown. The weather actually turned out to be a lovely, warm, sunny evening. Although those of us who decided to run around the reservoir before the task felt that it was a little too warm! Our task was to collect discarded tree guards and to pile them up in a central spot ready to be loaded into a skip. As usual Huddersfield GoodGymmers quickly got stuck in carrying armfuls of guards down the hill to near the sailing club. I lost track of who managed to get all the way there without dropping any! After a couple of trips we had made a significant dent and shifted about quarter of the guards, and it was time to make our way back to the carpark. On the way we had to pose with the tree planter statue of course. It was a climb back to our cars but we were rewarded with individually wrapped cheese scones baked by David at the top. We will be back at Scammonden on the 8th September for some more tree guard shifting. You can sign up here: https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/collecting-tree-guards-at-scammonden