It is that special time we hear

‘tween Christmas and the coming year

When over full of food and drink

A GoodGym walk’s just the thing I think

We gathered at Splashpoint ready to go

Hudson appeared, with Julia in tow

Our traditional pre Christmas soldier trail

Postponed because of rain and hail

Before we left, some news was broken

We listened wide mouthed as it was spoken

When nobody noticed her glittering ring

Sarah announced some engagement thing

(A ring found on the beach said Ryan

while on one knee, his shoelace tyin’)

With our route clearly planned

We set off with our map in hand

Fourteen legs and a set of wheels

We set off showing a clean pair of heels

Ten toy soldiers we had to find

Out of order, but we didn’t mind

We set off quick along the prom

Belinda pushed along by John

We crossed the road at Heene,

To push the chair Ryan was keen

With Ryan pushing the chair along

Belinda nearly went headlong!

Ricky too pushed along the chair

The first time since Lourdes he did declare

The rearranged toy soldier walk

Gave plenty of time for us to talk

We stopped for a coffee, or latte or tea

And those in need popped for a wee

So ten soldiers we had found

Our GoodGym year, off to round

We now look to the challenge in Jan

To reconvene as oft we can