Eye, eye! Who’s the goer with the mower?

On a perfect Sunny Worthing early evening eight runners gathered at our traditional starting point outside Splashpoint Leisure Centre. We welcomed Sarah to her first Worthing GoodGym, and very much look forward to one of Worthing's newest residents joining us on many future occasions.

After our initial "hellos", and of course the all important health and safety briefing, we set off for the task. Ricky led the runners on a loop around the two nearby parks, while the walkers took a more direct route. Thanks to a slight detour taken by the walk leader both groups arrived pretty much together. We were then joined at the task by Tamsin and Paul.

We had two tasks today. One was to dig out a new flower bed in the shape of an eye, the other to cut back a very overgrown area.

Sarah, Daisy, Ricky, Paul and John set about digging out the pre-marked bed. The hard ground provided a solid workout for everyone as the eye shape slowly revealed itself.

On the other side of the fence Belinda, Sue, Tamsin, and Sue tamed the wild area. First with shears, rake and willpower, but with a power source secured the mower made short work of the long grass.

Ros, obviously aiming for maximum impact, contributed to both tasks with gusto.

With the cuttings raked in and the sods by the eye bed moved to the compost area we drew the task to a close. Despite everybody's determination and keenness to undertake Julia's pre-planned sprint session, a look at the time showed we had already overrun, and with heavy hearts we decided "maybe next time....."