Another sunny morning on Kimberlow Hill, another bathtub sunk for our tiny forest! We also did some weeding before taking a break to enjoy some home-baked goods around the picnic table.

Not content with one sunny tree-related task this jolly Saturday, some of us headed on to our Tiny Forest for a second. We were joined by Lace and welcomed by Mickey who gave us an introduction and instructions. The patch was looking great but more maintenance was needed before the trees could become self-sustaining. We therefore set to work weeding and digging up grass that had sprung up in patches between the trees. James even got to plant a tree, which was pretty fitting for his 100th good deed. Good work James.

And to top it all off, Claire had brought an incredible picnic with sandwiches, flapjack and muffins and even a flask of coffee with cups to go round. What a treat, thank you!

2 Good Gymers made their way 50 yards from their previous task to care for the Tiny Forest. Wonderful to see fat juicy buds appearing on the Tiny wee saplings. The mice have made a new home in the amazingly warm compost bin. Fantastic amount of worms & grubs doing their thing in the Tiny Forest compared to the earth elsewhere on the Hill. Great for biodiversity & the future health of the forest. Today's highlight was the addition of a never before seen brand new tool - the clawed werewolf glove. Fabulous bit of kit, has to be used to be believed! So why not come to the next session and see for yourself?

Today's tiny forest tasks included: spreading woodchip onto the circular path, weeding and removing grass, transporting compost from many mini heaps into the newly constructed compost heap, and emptying said compost heap to allow it to be finished off, before refilling. We also carried up another dozen bags of mulch for later use. A busy morning!

Rich and Michael enthusiastically volunteered for the compost heap, expecting to be let loose with hammers and nails, but had to be content with turning out compost and shredding cardboard for a while first. Once they'd been sufficiently Good, they were allowed to smash things with a sledgehammer and finish off construction.

Lucy, Claire (1) and Alistair were battling with the grass that was enjoying our forest's lovely compost, Claire (2) and I took on the mini heaps, and everyone else spread loads of woodchip, and carried more up. Babs also got to pose next to the first ever tree planted in the forest, just about 1 year ago.

Once we were all done, most of us headed to a new cafe, The Kitchen Osbaldwick for a very yummy lunch, before some headed straight on to task 3 of the day.

On a bright & icy morning many GoodGymers appeared from many directions at many locations but ended the morning together with cake in the sun (what could be better?) Frozen woodchip was shovelled & bagged up at the park & ride. After emptying his van of a bath & taking it up to the Tiny Forest (TF) , Neil rescued the bags taking them to the TF. Fortunately this coincided with more GGers arriving and so the bags were carried up the hill and their contents strewn along the path. Meanwhile others were being creative, building a compost bin out of pallets. Yet others skated on the frozen bath pond, breaking the ice & allowing the birds access to water. A really productive morning, thanks to everyone for mucking in.

The woodchip from the previous task was delivered by Neil, Vicky & Ed, while the eager beavers ran over, and after entertaining ourselves taking selfies, improvising a cape and completing our 30 squats, Miki arrived and we loaded up the first batch of bags. Meanwhile the rest of the team were ready and waiting at the tiny forest, keeping warm with squats and planks.

Once delivered, the woodchip was then spread around the forest to improve the very muddy path, while some more weeds were dug out. The leaky old bath was also removed and the hole made bigger, awaiting it's replacement larger bath, producing delightful squelchy noises and one confused frog (rescued and taken to the other bath). As the last batch of woodchip arrived, the beautiful sunshine disappeared and the rain arrived, so we tidied up and called it a day, ticking off another bingo square by walking/running back in the rain.