Jen walked to our meeting point from The Binoy to make inroads into her 10,000 daily steps. Didem and Helen soon arrived so we looked at the map, shared out the leaflets and helped ourselves to some of the chocolates (Cadbury Heroes) that the task owner kindly gave us as a Thank You.

We started out as 'Absolute Beginners' as we tried to plot a logical route through the maze of the estate.

We soon found our rhythym though and didnt feel 'Under Pressure' at all. Before long it was 7.30pm and time to call it a night so we were 'Dancing In The Streets' back to the car park.

We particularly enjoyed one street that had its Halloween decorations out and provided a great backdrop for group selfie.

Jen's step count was around 9,000 so she gladly accepted a lift back almost to her car so she could just top them up with a short walk. (Didem, Helen - I slightly surpassed 10,000 by the time I reached home).

Thursday 6:15/ 6:30pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! 👑🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️

Tonight we were just off the Maidenhead Road in Windsor on a committed mission. The long pathway had got so overgrown that the access to the houses that were occupied by the elderly residents was proving difficult.

Getting there:- Jen and Didem walked from The Binoy. Bekah, Helen and Mandy ran from home. Sue and Adam met us there.

Sue and Adam made an amazing head start 💪🏻👏🏻alongside Helen by the time the other walkers/runners had arrived and Sue had luckily taken some before photos in the light 👏🏻📸 . They had chopped then filled a huge bag full of cuttings. The rest of us needed to catch up so we got our gloves on and chose a tool from Sue’s mobile shed 🤣 we had quite a long stretch to cover so we took an area and cut back what we could. Lots of spikey brambles, stinging nettles etc but we battled well.

We had a chat about our days/weeks while we worked and Bekah multi tasked as she was also the photographer 📸👏🏻

The sunset a dry evening was lovely but darkness was soon upon us and despite our torches we couldn’t continue as it was so dark along the passage and we were running out of bags.

We dragged the bags to the main road for the council to collect.

Fortunately (or unfortunately however you prefer to look at it 🤣) there was time to do a quick workout. Jen had a challenge to do squats today so the traffic passing by got a good view 🤣

Not forgetting the Windsor curtsy and bow before we partly walked together before going our separate ways home.

Thank you for coming. 👑🏃‍♂️🏃🏻🏃🏼‍♀️

11 GoodGymers made their way to Holyport football club to help with painting the new tea bar and putting bark down in the very sodden car park!

A team of 5 kicked off the first half by painting the tea bar and had finished one side just as the rain really started to interrupt play

The remaining players, but by no means substitutes played a tremendous second half by putting down bark in the very boggy car park area which should make it a much more useable space for the club

Once we had finished these tasks, we put the tools away, washed out the paint pots and made our way to the side lines where we said our goodbyes and went home to get dry and warm!

Weather 1, GoodGym 2. (Tasks completed)

Thursday 6:15/ 6:30pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! 👑🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️ Adam, Zoe and Didem met Mandy at the task where Mandy had just met the task owner Daniel.

For tonights community mission we were back at Achieving for Children - Family Hub Service in Hanover Way.

Twas a dark and stormy 🌑💨night on our first visit but even then the Windsor GGs did lots to clear the area and weed etc but we couldn’t paint the bench so we were back to finish the job on a sunny autumn evening ☀️🍁

Sue had previously laid some grass seed which had taken well so we trimmed that but some pesky weeds had grown back so Didem and Mandy tackled those first in the grass, the steps and front of the building while Adam and Zoe rubbed down the bench and step. Then it was time to paint after having a good inspection of each paint pot for the best consistency and giving it a good stir with a trusty stick found by Didem.

It is a small area but there was no standing still. Oh no instead while waiting there was squatting, lunging and plenty of ‘guess if my bum 🍑 is clenched or not clenched’ game 🤣 lots of chit chat and an update on the latest phone tech from Adam.

After the task there was a game of beach ball catch to play and a couple of rounds of jumping jacks to improve our butts.

Don’t forget those before and afters photos 🍑 🤣 and let’s see the results next year!

We handed back to the task owner the brushes and paint and said our goodbyes with a curtsy and bow.

Thank you all for the giggles 🤣 🤣👏🏻👑🏃‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️ and completed task!