A great chance to help continue the good work from a week ago. 3 of us met on a chilly but sunny saturday and were quickly put to our paces revamping part of the border. A combination of digging, laying bricks and playing lego - just with much heavier bricks that didnt fit together quite so well. However, we were quite effective and quickly rebuilt the wall and back filled the soil. No NVQs for dry stone were awarded but the home made cake and tea was much more appreciated !

Four goodgymers met at the bowls and social club on Saturday afternoon for a quick game of… no, not bowls!

We met Malcolm who explained that the old rock borders were falling apart and needed rebuilding. He asked for our suggestions and we quickly explained that we didn’t actually have any skill, just manpower and enthusiasm.

We split into pairs (because who doesn’t love a bit of friendly competition) and got to work demolishing the old rock borders, shovelling out the soil that had fallen in and then packing in the bottom with a layer of hardcore.

Then came the fun part - pretending we were drystone wall experts and playing jigsaw puzzle with rocks to create beautiful, and sturdy, new rock borders.

There was a lot of discussion, debate and some sharing (or stealing) of rocks but after a swift 30 minutes we had created two beautiful rock borders. As the task leader, I crowned my team ( Jane and I) the winners. No bias there of course.

Then we all headed off inside to check out the ghouly decorations for the children’s party that was to follow and enjoy a delicious slice of home baked cake.