Needed a good cleaning along with the rest of the bus. Armed with buckets, sponges, cloths, sprays and a Henry Hoover, Sol and Adam got stuck into cleaning the inside whilst Zoe, Helen and Jen tackled the exterior. Doors, windows, side panels, wheels, rims, sills, floors, seats, fascias we left no surface untouched and were pleased that we could see our own reflections by the time we finished.

It was great to welcome Akaal to her first task. Meeting Adam and I at the Spencer Denney Centre, Akaal's arrival made us a small but perfectly formed team.

First job was sweeping up the leaves out the front and tidying the pots. Adam and Akaal swept the leaves into crates and I carried the crates round to empty them into the compost.

We then moved some troughs and plants round to the back and then spent time tidying and topping up a range of pots and troughs and planting some spring bulbs. We then swapped some of the troughs and pots from the back to the front of the building.

Just as we were finishing up we spotted two more pots that needed a revamp and managed to squeeze in a compost top up and squeezed in a few more spring bulbs.

Time for a quick group photo and a quick farewell.

6 GoodGymers met in Windsor to help Age Concern charity to distribute leaflets about their activities.

It was a dark task (good for January Bingo Card). It felt cold, and it was slowly turning frosty. But we were all wrapped up warm and willing to face the cold chill.

We plit in two teams and started to cover small residential streets in the area not too far from Spencer Denney Centre.

It was great to work in teams of three. We kept chatting and alternating the sides of the streets. Soon, the stock pile of leaflets had gone. That seemed very quick.

We met with the other team back at the starting point at 7.30pm, said farewells to Adam and Jen, and headed back to Age Concern location.

Job well done!

We had a lovely sociable afternoon gathering sprigs of bay, ivy, holly, rosemary, spruce, cedar and more leafy evergreen bits, ready for the Age Concern wreath making fundraiser at the Spencer Denney Centre tomorrow evening.

A very warm welcome to Rupi, who joined us for the first time. Great to meet you!

Thanks to Age Concern task owner Rachel for inviting us to be involved and to foliage expert Ranger Tom for helping us find the best sprigs.

Same time next year? 

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! 👑🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️

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. 📮 👑🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🌦️👏🏻