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🥪 The Great Sandwich Heist: Zoe's First Run & Andy’s Three-Course Carb-Fest

A massive GoodGym welcome to Zoe, who survived her very first group run! It’s the first of many missions, provided she wasn't completely scared off by our post-run catering habits.

The Journey (And the Wedding Gossip)

The squad—Nadia, Andy Julie, Wayne, Kirsty and Zoe—convened at the Winston Churchill School gates. Kirsty clocked a cheeky 2k from home just to show off, while Anne skipped the running part and met us at the site as she currentlt can not run 🏃🏼‍♂️

After Run Leader Nadia gave Zoe the breakdown of the route, we set off on a 2.5k tour of Knaphill’s finest hills. The calves were burning, but the distractions were elite: we got to hear all about Nadia and Andy’s wedding and honeymoon, complete with a mid-run slideshow of the wedding pictures.

The Battle of the Bedding

We arrived at the Knaphill Community Fridge perfectly timed with a massive food delivery. Jules appeared with a wheelbarrow full of tools, and we were assigned our mission: total annihilation of the weeds and dead flowers around the church and food bank tent.

Wayne went rogue at one end with the strimmer. 🤣

The rest of the crew armed themselves with rakes and scissors.

Andy inherited a temperamental leaf blower that was clinging to 1% battery life, yet somehow managed to blow the paths clean through sheer willpower.

Two giant green bins were packed to the brim in record time.

The Legend of the Three-Course Sandwich

Then came the grand finale. To thank us, Jules offered us crates of surplus supermarket sandwiches. While most people took a polite token snack, Andy saw an absolute buffet. 🥪

Andy successfully curated a full three-course meal out of targeted carbohydrate acquisition:

The Starter: A breakfast sandwich. 🥪

The Main: A lunch sandwich. 🥪

The Dessert: A steak dinner sandwich (because nothing says dessert like beef).

He was, unsurprisingly, the happiest lad in Surrey.😄

Jules kindly provided bags so we didn't drop the haul, and the group had the distinct pleasure of jogging back to the school loaded down with a bakery’s worth of bread. Massive props to Zoe for fitting right in, and hats off to Andy appetite! 😄

*Annual Community Fridge Paint *

This evening we headed back to the Knaphill Community Fridge to carry out the annual stain painting of the shed. 😀

It was a beautiful evening ☀️ . Wayne, Caterina, and Jemma all met at the fridge.

Jules was waiting with all the tools and materials that we needed. First task was to brush all the shed down making sure the exterior was nice and clean before we started to apply the stain 🎨.

Once we were happy we all started at different ends and got cracking. It was great catching up with Jemma who had recently been in Spain 🇪🇸 were she took part in a litter clean around the Sea 👏🏽 , it all sounded amazing.

It was also great to catch up with Caterina who had also been away in Italy 🇮🇹to see family 😀

In no time we had finished painting the shed and the gate, and with the sun beaming down it dried in double quick time.

We cleared up grabbed our sweet treat that Jules always provides and heading home to watch the big game ⚽️

Annual Community Fridge Clean

It's that time of the year when the Woking GG team put on their gloves grab their buckets and start the annual community fridge clean 🫧🧽

Despite the weather Wayne, Nadia, Alys, & Julie all arrived on time wnd where met by Jules with all the supplies that were needed 😊

Wayne started to clean the community fridge A Frame sign which was in a right state.

Nadia & Julie started to remove the filing cabinet out of the shed and go through and sort out its contents.

Alys was tasked with giving the cabinet a good wipe down wit Quinn also helping 🐶 It was great seeing Alys who has just returned from a long trip to Japan 🏯 and hearing all about it.

Once these tasks were completed and as the heavens opened ⛈️ we all moved into the shed to move the big fridge and freezer and get behind then to give it a good deep clean, Sweeping up bread crumbs from all the loafs that are normally stored on the shelfs 🥖. At the same time Julie & Nadia giving them a good wipe down.

Wayne then carried out an inspection of the cables making sure they were in good condition

Once all the Crumbs and floor had been cleaned it was time for Nadia &Alys to mop the floor🫧🧼

The place smelt and looked great by the time we had finished.

Due to the weather we could paint and stain the shed so will be back another day to carry out this task 😊

Knaphill Community Fridge

This evening 5 Goodgym members met at Knaphill Community Fridge to give the shed a good dust down and a lick of paint 😀

Anne ran 6k along the canal to get to the fridge while Katie also ran 6k but from the opposite direction both ladies getting their runs in before the Martian Race in a few weekends time 👽 Wayne, Kirsty & Julie made there own way there. They were greeted my Jules who had two tasks that needed to be done. Wayne, Katie & Anne started to dust down the outside of the fridge before they applied a stain varnish onto the shed while Kirsty & Julie worked on a bedding in the pre-school removing weeds and planting new plants and flowers 🌼. It was a beautiful evening and plenty of conversations while the tasks were being carried out.

In no time both tasks had been completed and they looked great 😀

Jules was very pleased with the results

Tonight, five human GoodGymers and one canine GoodGymer took on not one, not two, but three tasks!

We were back at Knaphill Community Fridge, which seems to always bless us with a beautiful evening for our task. ☀️

Wayne and Alys took on the task of removing a rotting trellis and replacing it with a new one. Well actually…Wayne did all the drilling, and Alys just held the screws! Wayne also got his gloves on to clear out toys and balls that children from the nursery had poked through the gaps. No doubt it won’t take long for more to gather there…

Meanwhile, Julie, Nadia and Agathe gave the community fridge a good ‘ol Spring clean, cleaning it from ceiling to floor (and window to wall).

A few of us also jumped in to replace one of the sides of the gazebo that has got a bit tattered over time. Quinn made sure to supervise this step!

We were kindly rewarded with a treat from Gail’s before heading home. 😀

It was great to have Agathe back after her trip to France. We missed Katie this week, who took a fleeting trip to Italy, Anne who is in France 🇫🇷 and we’ll be missing Nadia for the next few weeks whilst she’s in Japan 🇯🇵- have an amazing time! 🎌

On Sunday, there is not one, not two, but three tasks as well - Junior parkrun, Brookwood trains and wildflower sowing on Millmoor Common. Join us for one?

knaphill Community Fridge

On this beautiful evening 5 GG members met at the community fridge to carry out painting & gardening tasks. ☀️

Wayne, Katie, Kirsty, Julie, & Nadia met at Knaphill community fridge. The fridge has been closed for a few weeks while Jules was on holiday.

Jules had everything ready for us. Paint, brushes, power tools, & gloves. We split up into two groups. Wayne & Katie started the prep work to paint the inner doors of the kitchen. Kirsty, Julie, & Nadia started weeding and tidying up the bedding plant. We were all thinking about Anne and how well she did in the San Francisco marathon and how we cant wait to see her hear all about it and see her shiny medal 🏅

Jules was so grateful for the amount of Woking GG have done for the community fridge over the last month,

In no time we had finished and we also all got a lovely loaf of sourdough bread. 🍞

Next Wednesday we are at the RSPCA tackling the brambles Anne will also be back 😀