Snow and ice had stopped us in our tracks over the last few weeks. so it was with great delight we donned our summer clothes at a balmy 6 degrees and headed out for our 1st session of the year.

Grant Gardens former site of Liverpool Necropolis is a large green space in the midst of a built up area. it sits nestles into the corner of a busy road junction and only when you walk in the gates you realise that this is a big plot of land. Last time we were here we were head high in swathes of wild flowers. This time we had two tasks bulb planting and litter picking and we set to the tasks with great joy and goodgym vigour.

Some people used a special tool to carve out plug shaped holes to drop the bulbs in (a clod cutter perhaps?) others planted the many many bulbs whilst others picked up the litter to return the space to its natural beauty. as always the time passed quickly as we worked amidst the remnants of snowmen under a clear sky and the rising wolf moon.

This was our Pauline's 975 task.... we look forward to celebrating the big one with her this year.and we can't wait for spring to see all the bulbs flowering a reminder of a warm winters night.... OK so maybe the temperature wasn't that warm but a Monday night with a crowd of Goodgymers makes us all feel a little warm inside.

This evening we were back to help the Sunflowers organisation, a brilliant charity providing support for people living with cancer in Liverpool. Sophie ran and Pauline cycled to join the rest of the group at Sunflowers, where we enjoyed the unusual luxury of a task indoors in the light and warmth! We split up into two groups, with one group working on cleaning and painting the walls in the toilets, and the other group organising a delivery of T-shirts by size, and sorting and counting change from an overflowing donation bucket. We counted out a grand total of £312.61, with Ellie winning the glory of making the closest guess to the total. After another fun task, two members deserve special shout-outs. A huge well done to Lucien on his fiftieth task, and to Afrah who came to Sunflowers straight from a vigil in memory of victims of abuse on this International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls.