It was round two of soil shifting at Windsor Girls Schools tonight.

Didem, Helen and Jen met at The Binoy and set off walking. They soon bumped into Agni on her way to the task, followed by Mandy catching our tails as we arrived at the school. Adam met us at the task.

Equipped with a wheel barrow, spades, a fork, two trolleys and 3 bins we soon got to work moving the soil from a lawn at the front to a large planter at the rear of the school, working on pairs lightened the load.

Lots of to-ing and fro-ing, chat, laughter and Mandy's jokes helped the time fly by. Just time to share round the Heroes chocolates Gina had supplied for her 'Goodgym heroes' and a round of activity cards including counting in different languages and it was time to head our separate ways.

Adam and Jen walked from The Binoy to meet Sue, Sheila and Sol at the task and were soon reunited with Mandy and Bekah who had walked from home.

After a quick task briefing from Adrienn, Sol and Adam had Art first on their timetable as they got stuck in to painting two cable drums which were being turned into tables. Meanwhile in outdoor play, Jen, Sheila and Bekah set up and lined two new sandpits whilst Sue and Mandy helped with shifting some outdoor furniture around.

Next on the timetable was transferring sand from the horse area into the new sandpits, pushing the wheel barrows was quite deflating, or was that just the tyre?!

Adam and Sol had moved over to paint a new fence panel whilst Jen, Sue, Sheila and Bekah moved a table and chairs from the back to the side of the school.

After Sol squeezed in a quick game of snakes and ladders we collected woodchips from near the forest school to put around the sandpits and wore ourselves out moving tyres into the front garden.

Wow what a task packed evening, with star pupils all round, I can't decide who was top of the class although at least none of us were put into detention.

Tonight GoodGym Windsor 👑we were back at the Spencer Denney Centre for Age Concern.

Getting there:- Jen walked from The Binoy. Mandy walked from home Adam drove as he had a long journey afterwards.

The task owner Rachel showed us the room we were needed for to repaint the ceiling in the IT room white for a freshen up.

After a few logistic discussions, masking up the edges, stirring the paint, placing dust covers strategically we got on the dance music and settled into painting our chosen ceiling zones being careful to not leave any gaps and not get white drips on the previously painted walls. Twas a bit tricky!

As we got going the chat started, discussing subjects from strange films to sick days from work 🤣 not sure how we linked these subjects but we did 🤣

Jen did a bit of face painting 🤣 Adam was as precise as ever 👌🏼and Mandy not quite a precise 😬but we made good progress in our little trio. We patched up a few areas of the wall as well but were a tad worried as it looked a much darker than the current colour 😬 fingers crossed it dries lighter 🤞🏻

Jen started to wash the brushes and trays while Adam and Mandy did the last bit so we had completed half the ceiling by the end of the session which was good going in the time we had.

We had a bit of a chat with the task owner before leaving.

Then we nearly forgot the Windsor curtsy and bow 😱as we were too busy discussing chocolate choices as Adam had kindly brought some for Mandy ♥️🍫 yummy 😋

We said goodbyes and made our separate ways home including Adam who is off to Wales!

Thank you for helping 👑🏃🏻🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

Thursday 6:15/ 6:30pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! 👑🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️

Tonight we were just off the Maidenhead Road in Windsor on a committed mission. The long pathway had got so overgrown that the access to the houses that were occupied by the elderly residents was proving difficult.

Getting there:- Jen and Didem walked from The Binoy. Bekah, Helen and Mandy ran from home. Sue and Adam met us there.

Sue and Adam made an amazing head start 💪🏻👏🏻alongside Helen by the time the other walkers/runners had arrived and Sue had luckily taken some before photos in the light 👏🏻📸 . They had chopped then filled a huge bag full of cuttings. The rest of us needed to catch up so we got our gloves on and chose a tool from Sue’s mobile shed 🤣 we had quite a long stretch to cover so we took an area and cut back what we could. Lots of spikey brambles, stinging nettles etc but we battled well.

We had a chat about our days/weeks while we worked and Bekah multi tasked as she was also the photographer 📸👏🏻

The sunset a dry evening was lovely but darkness was soon upon us and despite our torches we couldn’t continue as it was so dark along the passage and we were running out of bags.

We dragged the bags to the main road for the council to collect.

Fortunately (or unfortunately however you prefer to look at it 🤣) there was time to do a quick workout. Jen had a challenge to do squats today so the traffic passing by got a good view 🤣

Not forgetting the Windsor curtsy and bow before we partly walked together before going our separate ways home.

Thank you for coming. 👑🏃‍♂️🏃🏻🏃🏼‍♀️

Thursday 6:15/ 6:30pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! 👑🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️

Tonight we are back at Windsor and Eton FC CIC.

Getting there:- Jen, Sara and Adam walked from The Binoy. Mandy and Bekah ran from West Windsor.

Mark the task owner met us with all the cleaning materials and showed us the referees changing room. Our task was to clean it. 🧹🫧🧽 and boy did it need it! 🫣 GG Cleaning Services to the rescue 🤣

Mandy started by sweeping all the cobwebs 🕸️and debris from the ceiling and worked her way down before scrubbing the shower. Bekah got the cleaning playlist on and then attacked the window. Sara took the toilet area (brave lady) , Adam the offside ⚽️ paintwork and tiles and Jen the area behind the door that was mouldy.

By the end it smelled much better and it did look better and ready for some repairs and decorating.

We were a bit cosy in there but it was a great team effort not helped by the rain and muddy prints on Bekah’s clean floor 😬🧹

Just about got a selfie in and we did our curtsy and bow and said our goodbyes.

Thank you for being great sports!

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Thursday 6:15/ 6:30pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! 👑🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️ Adam, Zoe and Didem met Mandy at the task where Mandy had just met the task owner Daniel.

For tonights community mission we were back at Achieving for Children - Family Hub Service in Hanover Way.

Twas a dark and stormy 🌑💨night on our first visit but even then the Windsor GGs did lots to clear the area and weed etc but we couldn’t paint the bench so we were back to finish the job on a sunny autumn evening ☀️🍁

Sue had previously laid some grass seed which had taken well so we trimmed that but some pesky weeds had grown back so Didem and Mandy tackled those first in the grass, the steps and front of the building while Adam and Zoe rubbed down the bench and step. Then it was time to paint after having a good inspection of each paint pot for the best consistency and giving it a good stir with a trusty stick found by Didem.

It is a small area but there was no standing still. Oh no instead while waiting there was squatting, lunging and plenty of ‘guess if my bum 🍑 is clenched or not clenched’ game 🤣 lots of chit chat and an update on the latest phone tech from Adam.

After the task there was a game of beach ball catch to play and a couple of rounds of jumping jacks to improve our butts.

Don’t forget those before and afters photos 🍑 🤣 and let’s see the results next year!

We handed back to the task owner the brushes and paint and said our goodbyes with a curtsy and bow.

Thank you all for the giggles 🤣 🤣👏🏻👑🏃‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️ and completed task!

Thursday 6:15/ 6:30pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! 👑🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️

Tonights community mission we were back at one of our regular task venues Age Concern, The Spencer Denney Centre.

Our task was leafleting to raise awareness of the centre and fundraising so the GG postie trio Caroline , Bekah and Mandy got walking along the Clewer Hill Road, Rycroft, Duncroft and Perrycroft.

The rain showers at first made us sad 🤣 but it speeded us up 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️ and we had to hug ourselves to protect the leaflets from getting wet 💦 and soggy.

But the beautiful sky, sunset 🌅and rainbow 🌈 made us happy 😀 to be out and about.

Lots of chats about our days, family etc as we went along.

We had no leaflets left so we made our way back to the centre, did the Windsor curtsy and bow then made our way home.

Thank you Caroline and Bekah for your help and braving the weather. 📮 👑🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🌦️👏🏻