We helped litter pick at a community green space. Lots of diving into the bushes to get the hard reach bits. Wilder Portsmouth, tree wardens and HIWWT were all busy replanting planters.

At the Fringe Festival I had great fun being T Rex's bodyguard when he was on his walkbouts! I ran along behind trying to stop the children being knocked over by his tail !

As well as appearances from T Rex and a baby Spinosaurus, there were great activities for children plus singing and puppet shows.

It was a very warm evening, with a lot of hard graft - I hope everyone enjoyed their currys as part of their recovery!

After a slightly BadGym run, (Dave wielding spades certainly looked a bit sus!)we arrived at the Hub and got stuck in to breaking up some very dry soil, then shoveling it into smaller bags to be carried to an accessible exit for PCC to collect. Danger Dave, Lucy, Andy and Katie took turns shoveling and carrying. There was even a race with rubble, and a certain amount of cheating was definitely noted!

Judy and Val did a sterling job picking up litter and finding a decent number of lost toys too!

We even had time for a hula-hoop competition before we headed off - congratulations to Lucy and Katie for their winning efforts!

We welcomed Vanessa to her very first GoodGym session this evening - it was lovely to meet you!

After a run and chat down to Somerstown, we successfully deactivated the alarms. I felt like Ethan Hunt! Shovels were then handed through office windows before being taken out to the garden.

The dry couple of weeks we've had made the soil harder to break up, but many hands made light(er) work and we managed to free the cursed groundsheet! We finished off the evening with spreading some compost and top soil, ready for the children to plant wildflowers next week.

What started out as a slightly sketchy task - "We need to meet a man called Alan outside The Bridge Centre to buy some bark" evolved into a very pleasant evening.

Our rendezvous was a success, and after hulking bags of woodchip through the shopping centre, we filled in all of the gaps in the new planters to reduce the number of weeds coming through. Garden Goddess Judy noticed the plants were in need of a drink, so with a bit of help from the Security Team, we started a chain of bucket-filling and watering.

As Vicki beautifully put it, it was like we were putting the plants to bed for the evening. So cute!

With a bit of time to spare, we headed over to Spoons for a drink and a catch-up. I feel more tasks should have a pub stop!

We enjoyed a lovely afternoon in the sun at Buckland Family Hub, and managed to complete our checklist of jobs!

Our main task was ensuring the freshly delivered saplings were planted, staked and wrapped - Dave is a pro at this now!

We were able to dig up and old and rotting planter, assemble and paint it's replacement and redistribute some plants into some super-cute planters.