We had a team of four to kick off a new project at the Toddington Road Allotments. Task owners Jim and Mary want to create a new area of smaller plots for the more senior allotment members to take on, rather than be overwhelmed by the enormous plots on the rest of the site.

Currently covered in grass and weeds the whole plot would take ages to dig over so we set a reasonable target and worked at it for a little over an hour with the plan of spreading this task over several weeks.

Newbie Brenda got her first taste of a Goodgym task, but she is no stranger to digging over ground, though in her case using a hoe rather than a fork. At the suggestion, task owner Jim went away and rustled up a couple of hoes which definitely are a faster way of turning the ground over, and also a bit more energetic!

We got the planned area done with a bit of spare time too so we added a bit more on before calling it a day. It was a good task and we had a good chat while we worked.

Reaching out to new areas we went to Houghton Hall Parkrun for a change this week and were able to welcome newbie Brenda to GoodGym for her first session!

The three of us enjoyed a good run and took the opportunity to spread a few flyers around the other runners and try to find some new members.