6 Goodgymers headed to a small and secret garden just off Lyncombe hill to help the Bath Preservation Trust.

Provided with sheers, clippers, gloves and determination we cleared large areas of holly, bind wind and brambles to reveal the garden wall and borders once again.

It's a huge task and we cleared a large corner in just one hour. It's amazing what can be acheived with 6 people.

Well done team! Until next time :)

Goats, pigs, miniature horses and Goodgymers got together on Saturday for a fun time at the farm.

Loading wheelbarrows full of yummy leftovers of pruned plants to drop off in the goat enclosure for some great underfoot food. Meyrick got inside the goat shelter to lay their hay bedding.

Helen fed the huge pig in the next door enclosure who was eyeing up the hay.

Next job was to load up the wheelbarrows with something much less desirable....manure! Jane, Stephen, Emily and Meyrick wheel their manure down to the horse enclosure only to find out that the farm had mislaid the key for the gate! So one by one, they lifted the wheelbarrows of muck over the gates being careful not to get covered! Then off down to the vegetable garden to deposit the manure for the vegetable growers!

Another job done for the lovely team at the farm followed by an enjoying cafe stop for some refreshments :)

They have a really great new play area at Sydney Gardens. One of the features is a sandpit, through which runs a water feature from top to bottom. Problem is with sand is it disappears with time.

Some of this could be explained by he usual processes of fluvial erosion but in this case enthusiastic children likely contribute in the course of doing exactly what they should be doing, play.

The task for the 5 GoodGymmers that attended was to replenish the sand in order that play could continue. Naturally the location of the backup sand was the furthest distance away from where it was needed. I'm beginning to see a common rule here, the need for a 'heavy to transport' material is inversely proportional to its distance from the location it is needed.

Undeterred, GoodGymmers Stephen, Mark, Kate, Jane and Meyrick set about the task. We had three wheelbarrows though, so our output was limited. Plus one of those wheelbarrows suffered a puncture at the start to we improvised.

We mus have made a dozen trips though, gratefully received by the on site volunteers who were raking the sand over to return the sandpit to its former glory.

No doubt this will be required again as play resumes, but all in all a Sandtastic effort from all involved.