Four Goodgymmers, Adam ( on his first good deed!), Daryl, Keith and Lea, went to the Tree House in Hurn, the head office for Diverse Abilities. Nice jobs… indeed! Keith was happily lopping away the seed pods high in the palm trees, glad he had brought his extending loppers from home! Daryl and Adam were thinning out a too densely packed bed with mainly lovely smelling mint. Lea attacked the buddleia with a vengeance. Buddleia grows fiercely so needs to be cut back fiercely. Clearing up all the cuttings and weeds were jobs that Lea, Daryl and Adam got stuck in. But… heaven of heavens the best job of all: digging out the invasive irises in the pond. Yeeesss, MUD HEAVEN for Lea! Adam was definitely earning his Goodgym first deed: digging, pulling, heaving mud, together with Lea, all under the watchful eyes of Daryl and Keith. When Lea put a bucket of mud down a bit too hard, Daryl wasn’t so happy anymore… oops, sorry Daryl. Lea, covered in mud, was as happy as a mud loving hippo. Nick from Diverse Abilities was amazed at how much we got done and very grateful for all our hard work. Thanks very much everyone.

Three Goodgymers meet a the foot of Durley Chine to do a litter pick as this area after a nice weekend is always bad.We found the usual bottles and plastic classes but to my amazement i found a house brick on the beach .We soon had three bags full so we put them in the bin and said our good byes and headed home.

It was nice to meet Kieran for the first time we do hope you enjoyed it and had fun we would love to see you again.Three Goodgymers meet at Bournemouth Pier on a lovely sunny Saturday morning to Marshall March for Men which is raising the awareness of Prostate Cancer in Men which is very close to my heart .We where given Marshall post 5 which happened to be the 10k turn round spot ,so we headed to the post once there set up and waited for the first runners to come along so we could practice with the cow bells yes we where given cow bells to ring which is great fun once the runners and walkers started to arrive they soon all came through within 45 minutes which is very good.Thank you once again to Janet and Kieran for giving up there Saturday morning and making it possible and having fun.

Four Goodgymmers, Roger, Daryl, Keith and Lea, turned up at the Pine Cliff Gardens to do a job that their regular volunteers found too hard…. Right, sounds like the perfect task for us Goodgymmers! It started with a bag full of shears that had to be taken out of the back of a car. One of their volunteers suggested we each grab one or two to take down the steps to the garden. So Lea just picked up the whole bag and took it to where it needed to be, right!! There was a cordyline to plant that their volunteers couldn’t get out of the pot! Keith and Roger to the rescue. Plant out of the pot and into the ground. And the low pittosporum phedges round the beds that needed pruning: four Goodgymmers cleared that task in no time! Even getting the praise of Hilary, the honorary hedge lady!! Weather perfect + view perfect + Goodgymmers perfect = another task ✅