Six GoodGymers (including Frosty the Snowman aka Amy) gathered at Wessex School to continue with the task of digging out and dismantling some raised beds Barrowloads of soil were deposited either in the skip or on some spare ground . We celebrated every time we extracted a shrub root. Each one was hard earned! We managed to clear 2 beds, but there is plenty more to do next year!

Great to see a big turn out of GoodGymers tonight. 12 happy volunteers met on the roof of Nicolsons Centre, a part of Maidenhead most of us had never been before. Task owner Donna led us from the back entrance to what used to be a nightclub, Smokeys. No disco lights or bars anymore, just a stripped out large space housing all kinds of materials from fabric to paints, from stationery to sewing machines! 

Our task was to organise things as best as we could. We made good progress and grouped the material lying in two rooms of Smokeys into categories such as Paints, Arts & crafts, Stationery, Fabric, Leather, Sewing, Gardening, Jars and more. From here, they will slowly be taken down to the Green Skills library to be upcycled. 

We were so efficient that there was even time for some fun with a block of stone, a chisel and hammer! Another productive, social evening and a thankful task owner. 

Jen, Juli, Rachel and I had a holly-va nice time chatting and collecting foliage fir the All Saints Junior School wreath-making fundraiser. Thanks to Ruth (a GoodGymer in a previous life) for giving us permission to taking cuttings from her garden.