When Stu from the Friends of Laugherne Brook Nature Reserve contacted me about this task a few weeks ago he was hopeful that we wouldn't be needed. An odd reply when asking for help but we all expected a bit of rain to have done the job of watering all the trees by now but it's stayed dry ever since. So with two new recruits on their very first GoodGym mission in the form of Ruth and Bertie we set off from The Hive to run to the most mispronounced area of Worcester (It's Lawn not Larf-urn). Stu met us with his 4 legged friend Otis and we made our way to the brook with a barrowful of buckets and quickly formed a human chain to began hauling out water. The nature reserve has been planted with a variety of different trees grouped together in wilding areas and most of them were wilting in the heat. A small Waymarker tree looked particularily sad so was given extra attention. After 3 rounds to the brook we were ready for rehydration ourselves and luckily Stu's house was nearby and he revealed that he had ice lollies waiting for us. How to make sure your GoodGym volunteers keep coming back! It's a beautiful corner of the city and we look forward to returning for some other tasks but hope that Mother Nature will do the watering for us soon.

All of Worcester descended on to Pitchcoroft to set up stands for different organisations, groups, clubs and stalls. In amongst them we had our little GoodGym gazebo with banners, posters and two smiling faces in red t-shirts. Kirsty helped me hand out leaflets to lots of potential new members and explain what GoodGym was all about over the course of the day. We also got to chat to a few organisations that could make use of our task force so we look forward to building those new relationships into future sessions. There's so much good stuff happening around the city and it's great that GoodGym is now a part of all of that.

Many tasks simply require us to move dirt from one place to another. That was the case this week when we were asked to fill some raised beds at the Community Gardens. After a run down from The Hive under ominously grey clouds we were greeted by Bob and Clancy who showed us the barrows, the shovels and the pile of soil that needed to be moved. "It should take you at least 40 minutes to fill one of these". After 20 minutes the first one was full so we filled a second one! It was great exercise for Kirsty and Marcus with plenty of strength and conditioning work. Meanwhile the skys cleared and we enjoyed a lovely sunny evening down at Pitchcroft. The beds will soon be planted up with colourful flowers that are then used to make bouquets. We can't wait to see how the garden grows!