On a beautiful Spring morning Levita, Sabir and Claire met in Canbury Gardens where the GoodGym flowerbed had sprung into Spring. It was full of daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. However some were a little hidden under the mountains of leaves and shrubs. Sabir got to work pruning all the salvias whilst Levita and Claire pick up piles of leaves. For a smallish flowered we cleared a lot of green waste.

Just over an hour later the flowers shone brightly in the Sun and after a quick photo shoot we headed our separate ways to enjoy the weekend.

Tonight’s group session saw us return to the Full Cycle Bicycle Project to work through a varied to-do list. The main job was tackling a mountain of inner tube rolling - it's been a while since we have been here it seems! There was also packing up tyres for collection.

The team didn't stop there; we were busy cleaning and labelling bikes, re-colour-coding tools on the workbenches, and even scrubbed a stack of filthy drawers to make them fit for glove storage.

A great session, well done everyone and welcome to John - we hope to see you again soon.

A small but mighty GoodGym crew of Farzeen, Emily, Saber and Jana headed to Staywell New Malden for an hour of gardening. The task was to tackle the weeds around the Staywell information sign and along the hedge at the front of the driveway. Farzeen and Saber got stuck in near the sign, while Emily and Jana started working along the long flowerbed under the hedge. After all the recent rain the soil was very wet and sticky, and the beds were full of wriggly earthworms – great for the soil but a bit messy for us! With time running out, the whole team joined forces to finish the flowerbed and were proud to clear the whole stretch together. Along the way Jana unearthed an unusual find buried in the soil, what looked like an old nappy pin! To top it all off, Staywell kindly left us some Ferrero Rocher chocolates, which were very gratefully received after a muddy but satisfying hour of weeding. Great teamwork all round!

It was a fresh cold day but that didn't stop us getting out for a walk round the park. We met the Mayor and tried the tasty food at the cafe in Fairfield Park and after filling a bag with vapes, plastic and an umbrella, we all headed home.