Who'd've thought wed have such a dry evening after torrential rain through the day?

The master plan of re-turfing (well, patchwork grassing) the damage recently caused at Brunswick Cemetery was looking doubtful but we were soon re-purposing the grass growing where it shouldn't to the bare soil where it should be growing. All a bit mucky, and trying to leave the battered shrubs to fill the gaps, there was plenty of hamstring and quad work to bend and straighten before re-laying the grass, beautifully lit by fellow GoodGymmers.

With may-a-strange look from passersby, a few did stop and chat, amazed at the idea of re-use.

Having avoided any rain at all, we packed up and, quitting while we were ahead, running and walking back to Workout before heading to Pieminister for the beat pies on a rainy gloomy day and more lovely chat - making our own sunshine.

A return visit to Southmead Hospital Allotment to continue helping to clear the turf from an area designated for a wildflower meadow, to create a relaxing space for patients and staff within the hospital grounds.

The weather was much kinder than our first visit here and the conditions for removing slices of turf were ideal following the recent rainy days.

We welcomed Ollie who was along for his first GoodGym task in Bristol, having previously been to a session in London, and it was great to see Molly again after a while. Both got really stuck in to the task in hand,

Freya managed to fit in a GoodGym workout ahead of her hockey match this afternoon and we were all left wondering if she'd have any energy left for that, and proved particularly adept at finding rocks buried in the soil.

It was one of those tasks where you couldn't resist getting involved and despite announcing that she would have to take it easy after parkrun, Melanie soon had a spade in hand and was clearing with the rest of the group.

The tools were great, properly getting the job done and Richard kindly forewent use of the shiny new spade, so that Ollie could use it.

We had 90 minutes of marking out, digging out slices of turf, and then barrowing these over to the boundary hedge to be deposited there. By the time we'd finished, we'd managed to clear about half of the area, so hopefully another couple of sessions will get the area finished and ready for planting in March.

Great work again everyone!