We trusted the weather forecast to be wrong and wrong it was - a break in the light rain made for optimum weather to clear moss from the paths though not the grass from the beds.

it was lovely to be joined by Joannafor her first GoodGym task - lovely to meet you and have your help and company.

Joanna joined the walkers whilst the runners disappeared out of sight, skilfully led by Richard Band back marked by Caroline whilst Vaguely Northern Darren did a bit of walk leading but started to deviate into the longer running route instead of the direct walking route so back-marked instead. Jason was resting his legs before his first half-marathon event on Sunday - good luck with the Bath Half, locally known as Running the Bath. And Edhas a volunteering place at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow so we're already speculating in the kit hell be getting - presumably waterproof as its a UK games...

The runners were already deep into the flower bed when the walkers arrived, grateful that David had volunteered to carry a couple of our work lights on his last GoodGym session before travelling on a yoga skills exchange for a fee months - what an adventure!

After a hit of grass re-laying on the tracks left by a vehicle, we moved to the far path for some very satisfying mass-moss clearance with Richard G, Roddy and Caroline filling each others' blue rubble bags at speed with Becky making everything look super tidy before we headed back to Workout for tea and cake. And then it started raining [insert smug face here]

I wrote the report and the website ate it.

Good weather and a great team of GoodGymmers and local volunteers meant oodles of progress in the outside green space, clearing ivy, looping and copping trees and shrubs and unearthing a LOT of litter and recycling, including a bowl to add to the growing "found crockery" collection.

Fabulous to have Sasha join us for her first session, hopefully the first of many!

Delicious soup for the volunteers finished off the session with the aches setting in after sitting down for lunch. Spring is definitely here.

It was a pleasure visiting Mr R and doing some shopping for him. What a sunny day it was, perfect for a long walk and such a lovely conversation, too.

A damp but satisfying mission today for Ms J clearing back brambles and digging up stubborn weeds. It drizzled for most of the time, but that didn’t slow the progress much. By the end the area was properly opened up and looking far tidier - a good bit of muddy, honest work despite the grey skies. 🌿🌧️

Lots to get on with on a day that was almost spring like. There was litter picking to be done around the viaduct and in the Moon Temple, and removal of pesky jagged brambles that are everyone’s nemesis. One team of de-bramblers took the top of the viaduct and the other scampered up the hill to help give the wildflowers a chance.

Welcome today to Andrea for their first task 🙂

At the end we all gathered for the customary tea/coffee and biscuits and chat.

Until next time…