What started out as a simple gazebo build evolved into a full team effort, when the heavier than expected wind gusts took out one of the poles!

Dave did a wonderful job of holding the structure in place, whilst Jane helped brighten up the subtle guy ropes ones we got the gazebo back up and running. Epic work from Paul and Alex of BPA, who with a saw, a plank of wood and some metal stakes got everything structurally sound.

On her way back from a coffee run, Jen found the pastor and his family from City Life Church struggling with their equipment up Tangiers Road, so carried on the good deed by carrying a gazebo for them. Luckily, helping erect theirs was a bit less eventful!

Well, the Kids' Games Stall was a non-stop party for four very hard-working GoodGymers!

We welcomed Pamela to her first ever GoodGym session. Pamela's special talent for making cakes for dogs was also shown today, where she delivered a dog-friendly cake as a prize for the BPA Dog Show - nice one!

Paul and Laura seemed to be in their element, running the games such as Hook a Boat, Splat the Rat (very popular!) and Hoopla.

The kid's absolutely loved it, and we got a lot of repeat customers! A very fun, if very tiring afternoon. Well done, Team GG!

It was GoodGym's monthly trip to Baffins for their litter pick today.

Sammy arrived frresh from parkeun with an iced coffee and some banana bread in her bag. We were then joined by Holly and Rebecca.

We decided to pick in the woods to keep in the shade as much as possible, and there was a reasonable amount of Friday night party rubbish. Best finds were a sealed pack of sweets, 2 different sized nerf arrows, tinsel and a 3d printed man who we named Robert. We even found 2 tokens from the Easter Egg hunt.

After an hour we'd collected a decent amount of rubbish and were starting to heat up so we called it a day. The team from BPA were very thankful for our help.

If you're taking part in the Lion Hunt, the Baffins one has moved and is now by the pond, visible from the BPA compound entrance.

Lovely litter pick around Baffins pond after Great Salterns Parkrun. A very cute baby coot and squirrels. Followed by playing in the play park.

The flowers are in bloom and the baby animals are out.

We had a lovely time at Baffins Pond today. Seeing the swans on their nest, proud duck parents with 7 ducklings, a moorhen with her baby, a cat keeping an eye on things and plenty of dogs looking for some fuss. My favourite were the 2 ducks sitting out by the dipping pond clearly having a moment of peace away from the kids!!

All this animal action made up for a very uplifting sight of very little litter strewn about the place. But I did continue yesterday's treasure finds with yet another hair band!

The annual Baffins Pond Easter Egg Hunt took place and was the busiest ever!

With the need of an extra 50 eggs from the shop, there was multiple re stocks of tokens needed. Samantha, Andy and Dave came from parkrun.

And we were quickly put to work. Tables needed assembling and cleaning after all the rain this year had flooded the container!

Then we were put to work weeding the area outside the hall. Bribed with hot drinks!!

Before the token hiding began as the queue had started to build.

The Easter Bunny graced us with their presence too!!