The evening session at the Riverside Family Hub was well attended by many GoodGymers. It gave an opportunity to catch up on summer stories and share the travel memories.

Thank you Gillian for leading the task.

The aim of the session was to clear weeds and debris from the playground, car park and the pebbled area. The team soon got stuck into the task by pulling up the giant web of bindweed. It causes a lot of surprised faces at the tenacity of weedy plans to invade the environment.

Team soon split up to clean up different areas of the community centre. Everyone found something to do and also finding a time to have friendly chats and hugs. The most muddy task was to pull out the soil from the drain holes. Then came the squeeky sound from Amy who had pulled a toad out out of the drain. Nicola was brave enough to pick up the toad and transfer it to the pond in the garden corner. Sol was running behind to capture the moment.

Light was soon fading and the team finished up with the tidying tasks. We did felt that the summer is out and September is here bring autumn feeling. Everyone gathered in the play area to celebrate Sol's 100th good deed! Sheila had kindly baked an apple cake (which was so delicious and similar to Latvian apple cake). Great effort. Heartfelt thank you from everyone.

The hilight of the evening was the delivery of Amy's poem called "Sol Sol Sol". The verses were absolutely genius rhyming with elegantly. The delivery of the poem was magnificient causing everyone to laugh and waiting what the next verse will bring out. We heard about Sol and sunshine, about Soil and earth, about cents and Peru currency, about soul and friendships.

I'm so proud to be part of the Goodgym team! Love you all!

In a big week for getting the band back together, 11 GoodGymers reunited at our very own Oasis of calm: Nature's Haven.

This week's Masterplan was to cut down some unruly shrubbery behind the Community Centre to make way for new planting. We were Definitely Maybe up to the task.

Working our way through the bushes Little By Little, we quickly cleared what Some Might Say was an impressive amount. Check out our time lapse video on social media to see our progress!

There was even time for celebrations afterwards, with cakes (thanks Juli!) to mark Sheila's 701 good deed! Congratulations to Sheila, and also to Juli and Viv, who marked 200 and 10 good deeds respectively.

Thanks to everyone who helped!

Bramble clearing and hole-digging were not even a challenge for this group of hardy GoodGymmers!

Runners, walkers, cyclists and four-wheeled, we came in all shapes and forms to the Maidenhead Community Allotment.

While Sol and Tony dug a big hole for the planting the big fig tree, all the others set upon the brambles around the new fruit trees. Once cleared, everybody joined the diggers - some to help move the tree into the hole and others to ensure the quality of the planting.

We nearly had a moment of Jen-tree-fication when Jen jumped in the hole to push down the tub meant to hold the tree. But she was safely removed before the tree was successfully planted.

A special shout out to Viv on racing to 10 deeds already in no time!

10 Goodgymmers ran, walked and cycled their way to the beautiful Ray Mill Island on the shores of the Thames to help the Friends of Ray Mill Island sand picnic benches.

This fantastic new community group have taken on the task of looking after Ray Mill Island to help provide a more welcoming area for visitors. Goodgym have previsouly helped to paint the toilet block so a new mural can be painted to cheer the area up. Tonight the group were tasked with sanding the picnic benches to prepare them for a coat of varnish. This will help to maintain them and ensure they last for longer for people to enjoy.

We met task owner Nivi and other members of the Friends of Ray Mill Island group including new Goodgym recruit Dionne! (Welcome!. We were handed sandpaper and blocks and set to work. Although this sounds a simple task, it was no picnic. A great arm workout was in store and the benches began to spring into life.

After and hour of sanding and chatting 9 benches were ready for a new coat of varnish.

A Goodgym task would not be complete without a little fitness session. Tara had joined us and led us through a standing yoga session. This was a calming end to the evening in a quiet corner of Maidenhead.