On a lovely sunny (slightly cooler) wednesday evening 14 GoodGymers arrived at leisure world full of smiley optimism, excited to be heading off to help Colchester in Bloom at their community allotment. After a warm welcome by Fay and quick warm up outside the leisure centre the group headed off towards the station, over the bridge and up the hill to the allotment. Pam was there ready to meet us when we arrived and eager to get us started on the evening's tasks.

we split in to smaller groups to tackle a number of different jobs - Ian and Vannessa cleared a new pathway, Bob, Louise, Emily and Tav moved sleepers, Carl and Dan collected together slabs and Kate, Katherine, Jade and Emily moved the debris and bug hotel. Once we had successfully cleared a big area the team worked together to lay plastic and secure it in place with sleepers. The newly plastic'd area made a lovely space for doing some exercise and Emily lead us all in some Yoga moves (supervised by Pam) down dog, into cobra and a cheeky childs pose!

Pam was keen to keep us working but as usual time beat us and before we knew it we had to head back down the hill and return to the leisure centre. Along the way we stopped to do some squats before spliting in to pairs to race over the station bridge. Once back at Leisure World the team took a vote and it was decided we would work on our conditioning, doing a stretching session. we gathered in a circle and worked our way through the major muscles, making sure we had a very good stretch in deed!