Five GoodGymers joined a total of 34 volunteers who joined forces to help out the wonderful Share Portsmouth to move the contents of the library of things / repair cafe. This was all within the Cascades and involved moving over 600 items from one unit to another. Items included DIY gear, kitchen items, suitcases, cider-making equipment and more, all helped by wheelbarrows, trolleys and people power!

With so many people, set in three well organised groups, we moved all the items in around 45 mins. We will be back again next week for the group task to help them with the last bits in the old unit!

Maëlys joined us for her first Group Run this evening after a visit to Baffins Pond last weekend. Maëlys is just visiting Portsmouth for a holiday, so we are super grateful she chose to spend some of her break helping out!

Our main topic of conversation this evening was cricket. We found out that Ranjitha's husband plays for Portsmouth and that several of us have been enjoying The Hundred over the last couple of weeks. We were even joined by a cricket (or perhaps a grasshopper) whilst we worked, who was particularly fond of Judy!

I'm quite gutted we didn't get a "before" photo, because the difference we made to the weedy and leafy paths was huge! Lots of effort was put in to pulling weeds, sweeping brickwork and even sawing down an ivy and bramble infested stump. Barbara was once again very please with our work - well done, everyone!