Four Goodgymmers, Adam ( on his first good deed!), Daryl, Keith and Lea, went to the Tree House in Hurn, the head office for Diverse Abilities. Nice jobs… indeed! Keith was happily lopping away the seed pods high in the palm trees, glad he had brought his extending loppers from home! Daryl and Adam were thinning out a too densely packed bed with mainly lovely smelling mint. Lea attacked the buddleia with a vengeance. Buddleia grows fiercely so needs to be cut back fiercely. Clearing up all the cuttings and weeds were jobs that Lea, Daryl and Adam got stuck in. But… heaven of heavens the best job of all: digging out the invasive irises in the pond. Yeeesss, MUD HEAVEN for Lea! Adam was definitely earning his Goodgym first deed: digging, pulling, heaving mud, together with Lea, all under the watchful eyes of Daryl and Keith. When Lea put a bucket of mud down a bit too hard, Daryl wasn’t so happy anymore… oops, sorry Daryl. Lea, covered in mud, was as happy as a mud loving hippo. Nick from Diverse Abilities was amazed at how much we got done and very grateful for all our hard work. Thanks very much everyone.

More fun to be had in the Coffee shop with the children they love the special hot chocolate with whipped cream and decorating biscuits this is such a great way to spend some free time.

It was great to see Mohammed today and it was great that he brought his friend along how loved all that Goodgym do he has signed up will done Majed look forward to seeing you again.What a brilliant charity caring for children with learning disabilities.We run the coffee shop for them so the staff could spend more time with the children so they could enjoy the experience with Santa in his Grotto.The children all had a brilliant time it was such an honour to be part of the experience

What a brilliant way to spend time with Kids.They are a load to be themselves which is great the time went so fast so looking forward to the next time .

Three Goodgymmers , Roger, Keith and Lea, got together with Nick from Diverse Abilities to move wood from one shed to another shed… A short task so we could start on the next one: removing hemlock, which is poisonous, from the Forest School Garden. We also attacked brambles and stingy nettles. Unfortunately the stingy nettles attacked back, ouch!!! After a water break we finished by watering the garden and removing weeds from the swing area. BTW Nick was pointing out lots more jobs he has in mind for us. Hopefully the turnout will be a bit better next time.

Three Goodgymmers, Roger, Keith and Lea, met up with Nick from Diverse Abilities at Langside school. The shed we painted three weeks ago needed another coat. What with risking to run out of the paint we used for the first coat, we opted for a mix of the old and the new. As we didn’t have a bucket to do the mixing, Keith did a pretty good job of mixing it in the paint trays! … although the result may have looked a bit like a tie-dye job?! Makes a change to boring sameness though. Roger with the large roller was painting at an amazing speed, with Keith using a small roller coming in second and Lea with just a brush going at a snail’s pace. Well, actually, we all worked pretty fast only to be slowed down by the super tedious job of removing the masking tape from the windows. As it had been on those windows since our last visit to Langside school, it was not an easy task. Using our nails, ouch, and cloths doused in petrol, we managed to get rid of most of it. Which cannot be said of the smell on our hands … any tips on removing that smell will be gratefully received! Oh and Nick has quite a few more tasks lined up for us! Yay.