Our task owner Adam met with 7 Goodgymmers to hand over 350 leaflets. It was a beautifully warm evening so perfect weather for leaflet dropping.

Sheila may have walked into a bollard, with comic timing. Angela was just remarking that we hadn't come across many dogs, just as Rachel posted a leaflet and there was furious barking from inside. But all fingers remain attached.

Amy said it was a really enjoyable evening and very satisfying to get through all the leaflets. She walked over 5km!

Great work everyone!

Rachel and Sheila returned to help improve the football pitch at All Saints School. We scattered the seed, trying to perfect the box shake to give the optimum coverage of seed, and then raked it in. Sheila then had to leave, but was replaced by Amy who levelled some sand by the playground and then helped Rachel tidy up the sand pile and leave the site in a suitable condition. Mrs Thompson, our Taskowner, was very grateful for our help, and we hope the seed germinates well, and that the footballers soon have grass to play on instead of mud!

Rachel and Sheila made a return visit to All Saints School to continue with the gargantuan task of distributing a large pile of topsoil onto the bare patches on the football pitch. We were delighted to be joined by Amy and a couple of younger helpers, one of whom was Junior Park Run-fresh and already warmed up! The extra pairs of hands made a huge difference as we shovelled, barrowed, tipped and raked the soil into its final position. An infusion of a couple of Percy Pigs each gave us the extra strength to keep going. Just as we were flagging, another couple of mums turned up with their daughters, in answer to Amy's desperate plea for extra help to the school community. To eventually see the 5-ton pile of topsoil reduced to a few crumbs left on the ground was an achievement indeed. In the time that was left, Rachel coordinated the addition of sand to the wildflower beds while Amy and Sheila helped our taskowner Mrs Thompson sow some grass seed on the football pitch, rake it in, and cover some with fine netting to keep the birds off while it germinates. As I write this, the rain is watering it all in for us. We shall all sleep well tonight! Kudos to Rachel for keeping up the momentum for 4 hours 👏

Despite task leader Louise painting her car instead of the fence, the 5 lovely goodgymmers did a wonderful job of repainting the players walkway fence

With the full fence painted in no time- we put our brushes to one side and made our way down the dark lane back to our waiting transport home

Another task brushed off our list