Hello darkness, our old friend...

Our task this evening was weeding the edge of basketball court, which was all well and good whilst the flood lights were on. Unfortunately, a misunderstanding with a timer meant we were thrust into complete darkness at 7pm. We soldiered on, but once we reached the nettle patch we admitted defeat, as blindly groping at plants seemed a little riskier.

Autumn is well and truly here - evening gardening tasks are going to be looking a bit different for a few months!

Tom has worked out what went wrong with the floodlights, so GG will be back in a couple of weeks to finish the job!

And some need a few extra tools on another visit.

After speaking with Mrs A and finding out the bulbs in her kitchen are already sorted, much to the relief as the nights draw in.

We discussed another task that needed sorting for which the needed tools aren't available. So I will be seeing her again soon!

Along with a nice sunset pic from my day out in Brighton saturday

After the May Fayre, St Mary's Church found themselves in possession of four abandoned gazebos. Despite trying to reunite them with their owners, they remained unclaimed.

GoodGym were called in to test them all out to check they were fully-functioning and in decent condition. After testing they were structurally sound, we then donned their little gazebo hats and packed them away for use next spring. One of the four had to be discarded, along with a couple of the bags, but three have joined the ranks for regular use. Interestingly, there were five "hats", so there are even two of those spare for future use.

Despite a complete lack of appropriate terminology ("have you compressed your inner button?" was probably the phrase of the evening), teamwork made the dream work, and our task was complete.

Anna also gave us a run down on an upcoming interactive art installation coming to St Mary's, Stretch, which they are keen to have GoodGym support with. Keep your eyes peeled for more information, which I will share when it come!