What great progress! No so long ago, this project was only a dream!

This week, with the invaluable help of several fathers from the Woking Wolves Disability Football Club, this wonderful castle is taking shape.

Kirsty and Anne went to discuss and plan the next stage: decorating this beautiful summer house. It will be the much needed space for some of the local children and their parents to socialise after and during football practice, especially during the typical British weather.

We cannot wait to seeing it in use!

On Saturday, Kirsty and Anne joined Katie, Phil and their children to carry on painting “The Hive” at Knaphill Lower School.

The children enjoyed decorating one of the walls. They proved that there is no limit of age to embellish a school!

We are now approaching the end of this massive task, and we feel that the results are fantastic (we are modest!...). Thanks to Vicki for giving us this great opportunity.

Fear not if you could not release your inner artistic talent this time: soon we will transfer these skills to the summer house we are helping to build in the school field!

See you then!

Move over, DIY SOS—the Woking Wolves dream team is in town! That clubhouse is coming together so fast it might actually be ready before England wins a penalty shootout. ⚽💨

Here is how the morning’s task went down:

• The Power Couple: Me and a nail gun. A match made in carpentry heaven. 🔫🔨

• The Safety First Move: Ryan scaling the roof like a structural superhero while i decided my knee preferred to stay on solid planet Earth. 🧗‍♂️🦵

• The 2mm Perfectionists: Painstakingly spacing those slats for "expansion." If the wood stretches, you’re covered. If it shrinks, we blame Ryan. 📐🤔

• The Real MVP: Vikki arriving with the ultimate construction fuel—hot tea and biscuits. Absolute legendary status achieved. 🫖🍪

A few more weeks of this and the Wolves will have a headquarters so grand it'll put Premier League VIP lounges to shame. Keep hammering away! 🐺✨

Today Goodgym Woking helped again with the painting project at Knaphill Lower School. Anne ran an impressive 7km along the canal and Katie ran 3km to the task.

It was another sunny day which was perfect for more painting. Thankfully the magnolia wall is now finished so Anne could focus on a 2nd coat of paint on the tree and Katie painted some tufts of grass. It was lovely talking to Vikki (PTA) and seeing the project come along even more.

There will be another opportunity to help with painting on the 17th of October.

This week we will be celebrating our Goodgymers Nadia and Andy's recent wedding with a meal out. Well done to Andy who has now completed 10 missions.

*🛠️ Woking Wolves Construction Log: Operation "Clubhouse Foundations *

The Squad: Wayne, Kirsty, Stephanie, Anne & Mark, and a collection of brave football coaches.

The Mission: Turn a massive pile of wood into a functional outdoor clubhouse without losing any fingers.

Fresh off painting a mural at the Hive, 🐝 the team arrived at the school football field feeling optimistic. That optimism was immediately tested by the discovery that the perimeter wooden slats—the absolute most critical parts for step one—were located precisely at the bottom of a massive, structural pile of equipment. Because of course they were.😤

A rigorous, unplanned weightlifting session ensued. Everything on top was meticulously relocated to a new pile, proving that the best way to build a clubhouse is to move the same objects back and forth at least three times.

With the parts finally removed from the pile, the pieces were laid out on the foundations. The actual construction officially began, soundtracked by the sweet, sweet buzzing of power tools in the morning sun.☀️

Wayne immediately claimed one of the drills and went to town creating holes and driving screws. To ensure maximum efficiency, Wayne successfully executed the "Double-Vision Technique"—keeping one eye on the screws and the other eye on the live football match happening nearby. Multi-tasking at its finest. 🤣

Recognising true dedication (and perhaps a bit of heavy lifting fatigue), Mark kindly provided Wayne with a luxury VIP lounge chair to rest his leg. Wayne (then transitioned smoothly into the role of Chief Construction Overseer, providing crucial moral support while sitting down.

The Verdict: The foundations are down, the screws are in, and nobody accidentally glued themselves to the wood. We have many weeks of building left to go, but the Woking Wolves officially have a base of operations.

"Will this mural ever actually bee finished?" we found ourselves wondering today, as we returned, paintbrushes in hand to The Hive at Knaphill Lower School for another installment of what is beecoming GoodGym Woking's Forth Bridge. The answer is, possibly. One day, but it is unlikely we will bee alive to see it!

In the glorious September sunshine the worker bees buzzed around with their brushes beeing busy painting around railings, crouching on concrete, edging the artwork and trying hard not to paint on the metal bits. You have to bee determined and persuasive to coax the cream paint into the very textured surface. Worker bee Wayne declared it "therapy" the other GoodGymers could not bee convinced into agreeing with him.

Wayne started outlining the artwork, before moving across to join the second mission at the same location arranged at the same time for Wolves Disability Football Club, Admirable effort following his knee surgery earlier this week, he should bee resting? Anne ran/walked 7.5km to join the task, and Stephanie surprised us all by appearing and immediately began working on outlining the mural.

And, or course, Rocket walked to the mission with Kirsty to continue his honorary membership role of providing not-so-strict canine oversight, preferring to get in the way, collect strokes and generally looking cute. A vital role.

Another lovely morning of sunshine and easy company where we contributed towards improving the school environment for local children. We will bee there next week and every week until Queen Bee Vikki is satisfied that the mural is finished. This particular colony isn't going into retirement anytime soon.

To bee continued! *photos by the real Queen Bee Anne and Wayne