When the FoodCycle team is augmented by 6 GoodGymers you know it's going to be a good evening. Gill, Martin and Lucie were in the kitchen and we were faces with a lot of eggs to incorporate into our menu. The starter was an egg mayonnaise salad and Lucie enjoyed every moment of peeling the 28 boiled eggs (or did she?). Gill and Martin turned a large bag of lentils and grated carrots into a delicious loaf using another 25 eggs - this time whisked. Fawaz, Neill and Abdulrahman were enlisted on the hosting team and got stuck into setting up the hall, waiting tables and clearing up at the end. Well done, you all worked hard and we were served and cleared up in record time.

At FoodCycle there was amazing turn out of 44 guests and 4 of our dedicated Goodgymers joined the team to provide a tasty meal for them. There was great team work as they worked together with the FoodCycle volunteers to host, cook, wash up and provide a welcoming atmosphere.

It was a decently large turnout for the monthly people's park litterpick in spite of the light rain showers. Five from GoodGym joined another bunch of Friends of the Park and out we went across the park and over the hill searching for the litter dropped by local park users over the last few weeks.

Altogether we got about 15 bags of litter plus a DVLA car clamp and left the park spotless for the weekend visitors.

A trio of GoodGymers made up half the kitchen team at FoodCycle tonight and although we had very little food to work with there was an awful lot of fun and laughter. Gill came in extra early to make pastry, give it time to rest then rolled it out to line 4 large flan dishes ready to make quiches (or egg flans). Filled with softened onion, and mixed peppers, cheese and and egg mixture, the quiches were soon baking in the over. Lucy took charge of making a carrot soup for starter helped by Dani and they later went on to make a de-constructed trifle (aka, fruit, custard and cake) while Gill prepared some risotto to go with the quiche. We had around 36 guests who thoroughy enjoyed the meal, and we really felt that we made a flantastic contribution to the evening.