7 Goodgymmers proved they weren't fusspots as they rolled their sleeves up, put some marigold gloves on, and sank their hands into vinegary water to wash plants pots for the Noel Park Big Local.

A Watched Pot Never Washes

Laurie from Noel Park Big Local had set up a handy wash basket chain for us to work on some serious potty washing. After a quick briefing where he explained that the Big Local have been collecting the pots throughout the year for an autumn bulb giveaway but the pots needed to be cleaned of all muck and fungi before they could be given away to residents to keep in their homes, he put us to work.

Our Goodgymmers wasted no time getting stuck in. It will come as no surprise to readers of these reports that #BadGymXtraordinnaire and power tool aficionada Julie took over the power wash duties, and along with Sarah they gave all the pots an initial blast before handing over to the wash chain. 

Nurjehan was in charge of the first bucket, filled with soapy water; Louise was in charge of the acidulant concoction of vinegar, soap and elbow grease, aka bucket number 2; and finally, Charlie was in charge of giving them all one good final soak. Rosa then transported them to a yard where they were to dry and have the final stage of their anti-fungisation - a good blast of sunlight.

Our Goodgymmers are always a well-oiled machine regardless of the task and they moved through the pile of pots at pace.  It was at this stage that Gramps started counting and asked everyone to take a guess at how many pots we would have cleaned and recycled by the end of the evening (Louise 80/ Sarah 134/ Julie 345/ Nurjehan 94/ Rosa 110/ Charlie 117/ Laurie 87).

After around a good hour under the rain, both natural and artificially-created by Julie, we called it quits and it was time for selfies and dancing but not before Gramps revealed the winner of the pots guessing comp. With a very respectable 95 pots washed and saved from the landfill through our efforts, we crowned Nurjehan our champion of the evening. Not much difference, I suppose, as she seems to stroll through life as the champion of the world. #Winning

It was getting chilly by then, so everyone set off on their way home/ pub/ delete as appropriate and Gramps stayed behind to help Laurie with the clearing up.

Boom.

Tune in next week for more fun and games.