Sue,Ross,James and Daryl meet on a lovely spring evening at Bournemouth Pier to Marshall at Bournemouth Universities Hospital Twilight Walk to raise money for Brest Cancer research.James helped out at the start finish Line whilst Sue,Ross and Daryl headed off to the 10K turn round point which was at the end of the Prom at Sandbanks.By 8.45 we had our first runners at our post so we congratulated them and sent them back the way they came. The runners/walkers where all in Tutus with lights on which looked very impressive against the evening sky.By 9.30 we had seen our last runner/walker so we Headed back to the start/Finish line i must say what a Brilliant evening it was, helped by the lovely sun set and people. See you all soon Daryl

It's that time again! Our favourite task of the month, GoodGym's Quiz at Abbeyfield Retirement Home! Caprice made the short run in the rain and we're met by Ross, Chloe and James at Abbeyfield Wessex. They were all ready and had already picked their teams. The group split into two teams, James joining his favourite ladies, "The Loose Women" , Eleanor, Chloe and Ross in team "The Clever Clogs" With this month's quizmaster being Caprice. Eleanor braved the rain and turned up a bit late and very soggy. Four rounds this week. Round one good old General Knowledge, round two multiple choice Food round, Round Three Animal Themed true or false and back by popular demand Round 4 The Music Round!! This week's winners smashed it with a whopping 45/50"The Clever Clogs'' We will return for Quiz night next month!! We hope to see you there!

What a beautiful evening to help Kelly from 'We Do Ethical' at this week's Hope For Food's outreach project. Caprice collected Kelly and her four legged partner in crime, Frankie and they hit the shops. They needed to stock up on supplies as they were running low and stock up they did! They almost didn't have a enough room in the toiletry tubs with all the stock that Kelly purchased. Kelly and Caprice then headed to the Outreach Project where Hope For Food kindly had a table waiting for them. This table was in a perfect sunny spot and it wasn't long before the toiletries started to get snapped up. This week's favourite items were wet wipes, body spray and deodorant. The outreach project is held every Thursday at St Stephen's Way and every Sunday at St Andrew's Church. It is a safe place where those in need can get a hot meal, clothes, toiletries and support from dedicated volunteers such as 'Hope For Food' 'We Do Ethical' and 'The Samaritans.' Frankie worked hard overseeing the mission, they couldn't have done it without him! After a successful session they packed up the van with much lighter tubs and said their goodbyes. For more information on how to help Kelly please check out her website: https://wedoethical.org/ https://www.instagram.com/wedoethicalorg?igsh=eGhsYWE3d2xqYmJu

It was nice to meet Miss Y again and her two Kittens she wanted some shelves taking down so she could get her son to decorate I soon started taking them down and before I knew it I had them all down she was so grateful for my help it was all in a day for Goodgym

Janet,Caprice and Daryl meet at the Brewhouse and ran the 3.5K to the task through the Gardens which was really nice as it was a nice sunny evening .Once at the task we were meet by Neil its been a long while since we have been back at Bishop Aldhelms School,Neil tiold us where the others where so we walked round the school to the Reflection Garden where Chole and James where they were painting the wooden benches (James must like painting two days running hes had the paint brushes out).Paul was cutting back the over hanging branches, we were told what needed to be done so the three of us set to work and we soon had the garden looking ship shape again Neil was really pleased with the work we had done. We all said our good byes and headed off Caprice,Janet and Daryl ran back through the Gardens to the Triangle .Dont leave it so long Paul we miss you.Tell next time Daryl

Six Goodgymmers, Cora, Daryl, Sue, James, Keith and Lea, were all raring to have another go at painting the walls of TOSH. Cora had a list of task for us: screwing down loose plasterboards, filling holes and ridges and painting walls and (bits of) ceilings. James stuck to whitening the walls in the main room, Sue was happily whitening walls and ceilings in the ‘facilities’ 🙃, Keith happily filling lots of holes and Daryl was fighting with an old wall, where the paint came off quicker than he could put it on. But Daryl stuck to it and… he won 💪! The entrance hall wall looked welcomingly white at the end. And Lea, judging by the state of her hands, had a run in with white filler and black paint. Even her clothes confirmed this 🙈! The nicely screwed in white plasterboards got a total “revamp”, causing some “oh my”, “really?!”, “that looks awful”, “that’s not grey!” and “Yikes” comments…. But we all agreed that once the whole lot was done, it was actually looking pretty good!!! Nice choice, Cora!

Andy, a potential Goodgymmer, came to see what a Goodgym session is all about, and joined in quite happily. Hope to see you soon again, Andy.

Oh and not only the holes and ridges were filled: our stomachs were as well with all the delicious bites laid out for us during a coffee break.

Thank you everyone for your hard work.