Mr. A was not well today so needed lots of support in all sorts of ways so it was a more complex mission today. At the end I felt that Mr A was in a much better place than when I arrived.

Daylight! Sunshine! Smiles all round for our first light evening Group Run/Walk of 2026 after what’s felt like the longest, darkest, wettest winter ever.

Happy GoodGymmers set off to Brunswick Cemetery for Operation Sycamore No More to collect as many sycamore seedings as possible from the thousands that are sprouting. One sycamore tree is enough, thank you!

Left, right and centre, GoodGymmers were crouching, squatting, kneeling and, in Richard B's case, elegantly lounging to gather their bouquets of sycamores with a bit of stickybud to surreptitiously attach to a fellow GGer. Ieva, returning for her second good deed, was definitely the sinner of the biggest bouquet, mainly because the more experienced GGers wither made a pile or speedily bagged their offerings. There may be a prize giving ceremony next week.

Phill and Emma gave some of the tomb-covering ivy a trim whilst Vaguely Northern Darren ferried the trimmings yo the assigned green waste collection point.

The sign that everyone needed a good stretch was a group of GGers standing tall and happening to be chatting, naming no names Caroline, Richard G, Jason, Ed, and Dushyant!

A lovely stroll/run back as the sun set was followed by more chat at Workout whilst the football was on with a few if us continuing to practise our Japanese. More again next week?

What a lovely sunny afternoon we spend at Malago! We helped by rescuing tiny new raspberries from ever growing grass species, putting up new poles, cutting grass and many more while discussing Bristol, live and the between. Thank you all for attending, especially as there were plenty tasks this weekend. Looking forward to see you next time. There should be plenty for us to help with as the spring is in full swing.

Fantastic to join the Bristol BID team in sprucing up the bins in the city centre as part of the initiative to build community ownership of Bristol.

A choice of litter picking or refreshing some bins with Bristol Blue, the painting won hands down!

The forecasted drizzle didn't put off the runners and walkers this evening...if they'd have known it was biblical levels of rain, it might have been a different story! We welcomed Ieva for her first run tonight, and I made a 99% promise that she would never be as wet as she was for her first one, and I'm sure she'll be back saying how much she loved the running, the volunteering and the people! Jerry was surprised we came in the rain, but was very grateful we did and for how much we've managed to clear over the dark winter months. Clock's go forward this weekend, so when we're next at Hebron, we won't need lights! We finished a little earlier than usual as the rain was relentless and those of us that headed in to Workout were greeted by a table next to the radiator :-) Thanks for the rainy photo Frances

Great to help out at the Clifton Down Growing Space this morning and wonderful to have Emily, Eponine and Liam along for their first GoodGym session, along with Richard, Andy, Jordan and myself.

It was a case of many hands making light work, by filling buckets with soil and transferring these to a number of newly built planters and filling these to have them ready for locals looking to have a space to grow their plants and veggies.

A job well done in an hour and we look forward to the next episode next month! 💪