*Monday Fun Day *

With rain forecast (again) we were lucky to find another window in the weather to return to one of our favourite tasks at St Botolphs Church.

When we arrived, our task host Val had a clearly illustrated on a cork board a choice of tasks that she would like done.

Barbara Daisy and John got stuck straight into the tasks whilst Belinda and i headed off down the road to Heene Community rooms garden which GG have been working on all winter to do some weeding and planting. Sue and Paula also arrived and joined the St Botolphs based team.

With two tasks happening alongside one another, its a good thing that GG Worthing are such an authentic group and don't claim extra good deeds !

Great job everyone !

See you all next week :)

Julia x

No one is raining on our parade

On one of the wettest bank holidays since the last one we were blessed with a short window in the weather to do a combined task of a tidy up of our seafront flowerbed together with a litter pick.

It was great to warmly welcome back Roxy to the group and we all hope to see her again very soon!

Sue and Belinda quickly got stuck in to pulling up the spring bulbs together with some general weeding. The bulbs will be safely stored until we replant them again in November.

Ryan and Sarah together with GillybeanandRoxy headed off on a litter treasure hunt on the beach. Apologies I didn't get a photo of Gill and Roxy tonight. The rain started again and the group dispersed pretty rapidly!

We were also joined by Paul and John who helped carry the bag of bulbs and equipment back to Belinda and John's house where we were treated to a wonderful GG social together withnshelter from the torrential rain that followed!

Belinda had been hard at work making two chillies, one of which was vegan ( this was my personal favourite) There was also superb choice of side dishes including delicious salsa's and guacamole together with tortillas, rice and warm wraps to accompany the chillies. John took us on a tour of his incredible, must see, Dr Who collection in the tardis room. An absolutely outstanding labyrinth of stunning memorabilia. If you havent seen it then I recommend you book a tour with John!

We were joined by Natacha and Steve who shared news of a GG baby boy on its way in October - wonderful news to share on such a happy evening!

Thank you to our amazing and generous hosts - we were truly treated tonight!

See you all next week

Julia

Starting a busy weekend of volunteering for the Worthing Team - volunteering at parkrun today as a precursor to a long day supporting Runfest tomorrow.

But the recent rain and occasional sunshine meant we faced more of the same. We got stuck into clearing weeds, hacking back overgrowth and neatening up the edges. We certainly left Anchor Gardens a tidier place than we found it.

It was pleasant to be out in the sun with plenty of chat and banter. Much of it revolved around the successful Worthing Runfest this weekend which involved most of our regular GoodGym team either volunteering or running. Also mentioned was Belinda’s special relationship with Rishi after her recent close encounter with him in the garden of number 10.

Behind the scenes competitiveness took an unexpected turn today. The moment Sarah heard about Daisy’s fondness for snails she just had to go one better by relocating a homeless snail to a better place (well, she took a slug home clinging tightly to her leg - same thing really!)

What a joy

What an absolute joy to return to this task for our second visit.

Margaret was ready and waiting at the gate to let us in. What a wonderful surprise we had. Since our last visit Margaret has worked miracles to present an absolutely wonderful garden. Her presence spills over in every way to provide a calm, tranquil and beautiful space to enjoy her enduring work.

Barbara Paula Daisy and I contributed in a small way to support Margaret with her aspirations and vision for the garden which she has adopted as her own in her new home.

Tasks like these don't come much more special ❤️

Julia xx

Rain

Many thanks to the fabulous four Gillybean Belinda Barbara and Daisy who faced rain , a marquee lifting in the wind, chaos on the finish line plus a shortage of medals to help at the Worthing half marathon and 10k Bravo all of you together with all the GoodGymers running today.

🙌👏🙏