Get me to the Church on Time

When three became four it got very confusing and had the three of us reaching for our phones in anguish.

Jason had made contact at the very last minute to let us know he’d changed his plans and was going to join us. He was guessing we can’t park in Lydiard (due to the timings of the car park closing). As the rest of us were heading to St Pauls Church in Covingham it became apparent that we all reached for our phones in a panic to check which venue we should be attending.

Super speedy Becky was first to arrive, having run all the way from Wroughton and Diane greeted the four of us at the church in Covingham (Phew!)and explained the task.

A couple of us had met Diane the previous week as not only does she volunteer at the church but she also helps out at the Swindon Night Shelter and we’ve been doing missions at their warehouse and charity shop recently.

A very warm and pleasant evening was spent clearing and tidying the gardens and weeding the pavement outside the church entrance.

It wasn’t long before Gina started a coughing fit caused by a lemon balm plant so donned her faithful face mask, it’s a good job you can’t leave home without one these days.

Jason disguised as a tree, took on the task of trimming the quince bush to within an inch of it’s life when Diane told us of a lady who attends the church and she picks the fruit each year to make jelly, we concurred that the bush would grow back before the end of August or unfortunately she won’t be making any this year.

With just 15 minutes remaining we started clearing and bagging the waste when Tracey with her ‘big hands’ caused a dust cloud which had her in a coughing fit too – what a fab advertisement for GoodGym