34 was the number of GoodGymers who turned out tonight.

50 is the number of good deeds that Elliott has now completed.

Tonight's task was a game of Bingo with residents at Violet Elvin Court. Luckily they had an electronic machine so there was no chance of me dropping my balls everywhere this week :-I

We welcomed Phongloet to his first GoodGym encounter, another recruit from Ana's language school, which is great to see.

The task was around 3km each-way and Bill kindly volunteered as back runner. we arrived just before the rain started.

We had a few games of Bingo with the residents, GoodGym were taking the early honours with Elizabeth, Paul, Sultan and Mark amongst the winners (there was one other from GoodGym but I can't remember who!). Luckily for the tenants they finished the evening with two of them claiming the full house in the final game.

Sadly we had to head back and sadly it was raining rather hard the whole way back!

Next week we're doing a Litter Pick around Norwich.

This was a task for inspiration (not my respiration) as the more we did, the more funds we'd help raise for Break Charity.

A big GoodGym welcome to Ian who was doing his first good deed and well done to Niki and Mark for completing 10 good deeds each.

Following a 4.5km run each-way, we were tasked with making as many Easter Hampers as we could in 45 minutes, which will then go to businesses to sell in a raffle to their employees with the hope that each one would raise over £100. So the more we made, the more fund raising possibilities.

For someone who is giving up chocolate for lent, I could only describe being around so much chocolate as pure torture.

Dave took 8 GoodGymers over to the lock-up (oh-er) to sort through some beer donations... Bobby jumped straight to the opportunity haha. They also got a sneaky glimpse of the GoGo T-Rex's.

Everyone had different duties with the hampers. We had people on the different items, making the ribbons, cutting the cellophane sheets, collecting the items, wrapping the hampers and transporting them to the end room. We nailed it!

We ended up making around 35 hampers so we're looking forward to hearing how much they raise in total come Easter.

pun credit to Darren

Next week I'll try not to drop my balls as we play Bingo with residents at Violet Elvin Court.

We had one of our longer runs tonight, a mere 5.5km each way to visit Bowthorpe Care Village.

A big GoodGym welcome to Kamilla who was doing her 1st good deed.

Bill was back runner.

Considering the distance, we managed to arrive in around 33 minutes!

Hazel and her team greeted us with an array of lovely cake and refreshments, just what we needed to replenish our energy ahead of the task and run back later. Although a few/most of us that had 6 pieces of cake then thought we went a little OTT haha.

The task list for us to do were:

• Erect a wire chicken run
• Paint the tyres being used as plant pots
• Put up a little fence around a new area for a memorial garden
• Dig up a new wildlife pond

Within a blink of an eye, we were already in 4 groups and off everyone went to do the retrospective tasks. It was all outside, we were all freezing but we got the job done!

You may ask how many GoodGymers it takes to erect a chicken run? The answer is 'enough' but didn't they do a good job, evidenced by 26 of us standing inside it!

The painters did a great job and made the plain tyres look very colourful.

Those putting up the fence had a few difficulties at times but still managed to improvise and get it done.

Despite a few concerned looking care home residents looking out their window to see some random people digging a 6x3 hole in the dark, the diggers did a great job in getting a new wildlife pond dug out.

We really did do a good job. With spring approaching over the next couple of months, we have given residents extra incentive to want to come outside more and be with the natural world.

Pun credit goes to Raffy.

Katy is at the helm next week as you visit Eaton Park.

The shocking weather definitely put off a few people but we still had 18 hardcore GoodGymers who wouldn't let the weather defy them.

A big welcome to Zahra and Abdlrahman who were doing their 1st good deeds with us.

Well done to Jennifer J for completing her 10th good deed!

To try and stay dry for as long as possible (except for those who ran to The Forum) we did a warm up inside then headed out on the wet, but at least short, 1.5km each-way run to Ellacombe Care Home, the 1st time we'd visited them.

Several residents had stayed up to meet us and we got a game of Boccia (pronounced bot-cha) out. We split everyone into two teams (red and blue) and that kept us occupied for a good 40-45 minutes. It was close all the way... I can't actually remember which team won in the end!!

Many people scored a '100' although Katy's was most impressive as it went straight in the hole without bouncing.

Not all residents wanted to play the games so some of the GoodGymers just sat and chatted to them, which was lovely to see.

For the residents, it was great for them to be able to have so much company and fun for an evening. In fact, I think some of them would have been happy to play Boccia until midnight if we could have stayed that late.

Next week is a much longer run (no walk option) as we visit Bowthorpe Care Village to erect a chicken shed and help create a memorial garden.