Hazel, Maurice & Nicola had a super productive evening cutting back a hedge that was completely blocking a PROW (public right of way). The path is used daily by local residents but it's become overgrown making it difficult for people to use, especially anyone using a wheelchair or walking frame.

So, we cracked on and set to work with the shears and loppers. We didn't escape without a few nettle stings and bramble scratches but we were chuffed with what 3 pairs of hands achieved in a short space of time!

Hopefully the people that use the footpath will notice a big difference tomorrow and find it a bit easier to get down the path!

Awesome job everyone - you're amazing!! ❤

A lovely morning was spent supporting our lovely Crewe parkrun. Between us all, we took on various roles (some of us even doubled up!!) including:

Run Director Pre-event Setup Volunteer Coordinator Timekeepers Barcode Scanners Token Sorters

We all love being involved with parkrun and its always nice to catch up with each other and have a bit of banter too!

It was lovely to catch up with you all. Thanks for being awesome as always ❤

See you soon!

Lots of love Nicola Xxx

PS - Sorry that I didn't manage to get everyone on the photo :(

Tonight was a different night. Tonight was the end of an era and the very last official Goodgym group run. As of tonight, things change with Goodgym Crewe. We will still be around, doing our thing and continuing our good work, just in a different way. Goodgym HQ have needed to make some changes to the structure of the organisation, which has resulted in changes to 15 areas, of which Crewe is one. So, you might not see a report from us every single week, but you will still see us out and about doing things in the community - and when we do, we’ll make sure we let you know about it!

Tonight, Karen, Nigel, Maurice, Phil and Nicola spent the evening delivering some leaflets for junior parkrun to one of the local housing estates. With five pairs of hands it was a task which we completed in a fairly short amount of time, combining it with over 3 miles of steps as we did! And true to Goodgym form, the weather was kind to us and it was actually pretty warm too. I’m really pleased that the weather was nice for us for our last night as we have a little saying “it never rains on a Goodgym night“. It would have been a shame if it had let us down on our last night 🤣

We enjoyed our task and met a beautiful cat while we were out and about (see pics!) as well as having a good chat as we went.

Once we’d finished leafleting, we headed over to Hops Belgian Bar to have a drink and a piece of Colin (the caterpillar cake!) to celebrate 5 years of Goodgym Crewe. It was lovely to sit and chat and to also talk about tasks we might do in the future. I had the loveliest of surprises when Karen gave me a beautiful bunch of flowers from everyone. I was so touched and it was such a lovely, unexpected surprise.

Thank you to everyone who has made the last 5 years (almost) of me being an Area Activator such a rewarding and wonderful experience. I wouldn’t change a thing about it. Thank you for your continued dedication and support. You really are THE BEST bunch of people I know and I’m glad that we’ll always be friends.

But for now… over and out.

Love you all to bits. Nicola Xxxx

It was just fab to spend another Wednesday evening with the lovely Karen, Nigel and Maurice as we did some gardening at the Wishing Well.

It was a lovely evening (although a little cooler than we've been enjoying of late), and we set to work with our tools to help get the garden looking a bit tidier. Maurice mowed the lawn (we wouldn’t dream of letting anyone else do that job now!), Nigel did some cutting back in the beds and Karen & Nicola did the weeding on the path. It was nice to chat as we worked. I particularly enjoyed doing the path with Karen as it made the job (which can be quite demoralising) much more enjoyable!

The highlight of the evening of course, was spending the last hour of the night at Hops Belgian Bar enjoying a drink and a few snacks. We chatted about all things Olympics, parkrun, pigeons and squirrels… You name it we covered it!

Well done everyone, another productive and enjoyable evening at the Wishing Well.

Have a great week and see you all soon.

Lots of love Nicola xx

Well, it was probably the hottest night of the year so far (about 26° I think!). We all loved being out in the sunshine and the fresh air and fingers crossed this weather continues for the rest of August!

Tonight, we joined the lovely Hazel who is one of our local town councillors. Hazel does a tremendous amount of work to support her community and in particular, the Sherborne Estate. Working closely with Guinness housing, Hazel asked us if we would deliver some flyers on the estate to promote a neighbourhood meeting that is taking place next week. We were more than happy to help.

The estate is a bit like a rabbit warren, so we were grateful to have Hazel helping us and making sure we didn’t duplicate the roads and miss others! The sunshine had brought lots of families out enjoying barbecues, paddling pools and generally enjoying the sunshine!

A team effort from Karen, Hazel , Nigel , Maurice and Nicola made light work of the flyers and we had it done in no time at all! There were only a couple of minor hiccups during the evening… The less said about those the better I think, lol! Just glad that the dog didn’t leave any lasting scars Nigel!!

As we walked back to our cars, someone had a sprinkler out, watering their grass It was tempting to run through through it to be honest!!

We just hope that the flyers do their job and lots of people turn up for the meeting!

Well done everyone, another another sterling job!!

Enjoy the rest of your week and look forward to seeing seeing you all soon.

Lots of love. Nicola xxx