A small but committed group set out from Glass Mills on a lovely Bank Holiday evening. In order to make the most of the remaining sun, we deviated from our usual route to Seniors to take in the heights & sights of Blithe Hill Fields.

On arrival, our sextet was split to tackle 3 tasks: weeding the planter beds, digging out and planting for a new vine, and weeding in the courtyard.

Even though it had only been 2 weeks since our last visit, a previous vine could already be seen starting its assent of the arch installed that previous Monday!

Enjoying the extended daylight, we didn’t wrap til a little after 20:00, when cleaned beds were left in favour of the Blythe Hill Tavern - well it was technically still the weekend, after all!

There was soooo much woodchip. Westcombe Woodlands work us hard and certainly help us put the gym in Good Gym and this month was no exception.

7 Good Gymers arrived at the woods to be met by not just one but two gigantic piles of woodchip. Being the efficient team that we are we split into two groups with Bea, Cecilia and Marta shovelling the chips into containers for Ivar, Julian, Kerry and Mayuri to carry up the hill to replenish the paths.

After an hour or so the volunteers were amazed that we’d managed to completely clear one of the giant piles and to replenish a huge length of pathway. All the was remained was to enjoy a well-earned cup of tea.

With a longer run this week, the group gathered earlier than normal at Glass Mill ready to tackle the hilly route to Baring Road Allotments. This was a brand new task for us, the team are trying to being abandoned allotment sites back to life and create a community garden.

Our task for the eve was to cut back the brambles and cut down the bamboo which will be used for bamboo canes in the community garden.

Everyone got stuck into their task and it wasn't long before that space was looking clearer but another space was full of bamboo that needed trimming down.

It was all hands on deck to carry the bamboo to another part of the garden!

Happy Birthday to Louise who was continuing her streak of volunteering on her birthday which started at a GG task and also congrats to Kerry who completed her 100th good deed - amazing achievement!!

Thank you to Paul for leading the group to and from the task! And Oli for the punspiration!