After a shake start (GoodGymmers arrived earlier than the organisers!), roles were assigned and then the wait began for the walkers to arrive at the halfway point where the three of us made encouraging sounds, waved pompom and directed the walkers onwards. Everyone was in good spirits (despite a few getting lost...) and really pleased to be part of a fundraiser that raised over £30,000. Note for next time: take mosquito spray! The forest is alive!!

The word went out that Frenford needed help unloading a large delivery ahead of Good Fridays Food Bank session but with the job needing doing during the working day it was inevitible that we would only get our retired members signed up.

Luckily we were paired up with another retired couple from a local Church. The two like minded couples worked very efficiently together and had the job done by 10:15am. Just as we were looking for other useful jobs to fill the time alloted a delivery came in from another supermarket, by the time that one was completed there was just time for a swift tidy up. We left with the satisfaction of knowing the shelves and storage area were sorted and stacked ready fir the next session.

Three of us arrived at Frenford Food Bank Foodbank to find that the expected supermarket deliveries had not been made but we still found plenty to do filling shelves to capacity and tidying up in preparation for the weekends picking and packing session. It was nice to have a reasonably relaxed session, there was even time for a tea break and to raise our mugs to Ed celebrating his 60th birthday today 🎉

When Frenford food bank said they needed help clearing the decks for a large delivery during daytime hours Linda immediately thought of recruiting her fellow semi-retiree and organiser extraordinaire AJ.

Knowing it was an all hands on deck situation AJ and Linda both arrived with long suffering spouses in tow. The four of got on with putting out the older stock from the store and sorting the newer deliveries to put in storage.

Just as we were finishing another delivery came in. With Ed doing a lion share of the lifting and shifting of sorted goods to the store room the rest of us finished sorting the new delivery. AJ did her usual neat job of tea/coffee corner the other two did a passable if less exacting job of the meat shelves. All in all everything was cleared and neatly organised within the alloted time which just left Linda to take home and sort out the old carrier bags for reuse.