You can literally read this pun/title in the wrong way... however, still went with it and so did four sturdy GoodGymers who came out on wet Tuesday evening to help Millie and the Friends of Cator Park with a lovely task of ...you guessed it; hoeing and forking the weeds out (don't read that sentence again out of context...). The area we concentrated on had become overgrown with grass and weeds, so took out all the excess and piled them up on the side for the council to take it away tomorrow.

The hour and a half task flew by after chats about the pros and cons of working from home and heading back to the office as well as stepping back into "normality". It was great to see Dominique make her second GoodGym task 🥳🥳 and Claudia came all the way from Bexleyheath 🙌💪 Clare and Sam live fairly locally, but still great effort for coming out - kudos all around! 😇

We have several sessions with Friends of Cator and Alexandra Park, so please look out for them, join in and sign up, if you can!

Well, I was reminded by a friend that Alexandra was Egyptian and not Roman...so maybe the pun title doesn't work. But, hey ho!

Four GoodGymers met on a misty rainy Saturday morning for a spot of gardening at Alexandra Park in Sydenham. For one of those GoodGymers, Dominique, it was her first time ever! 🎉🙌 Welcome to the family! Trust me, we're nice...and we don't bite 🤔🙄

It was great to see Millie and Lou, who so happen to be Friends of Alexandra Park as well as Friends of Cator Park! Don't think you get that type of deal in a Tesco's or Sainsbury's. Geez, I'm too young for these poor Dad jokes...

Anyway, we got to work straight away with our forks and gardening gloves we started to pull out weeds in the ever so muddy soil. This was actually a blessing as if it wasn't wet, we would be struggling! However, like a bull in a china shop, some of us (not naming names and I've been guilty of this too) started pulling out bulbs and other non-weeds. Still, it was bound to happen as a weed in my eyes could be a flower to someone else (said a professional gardener...).

After two hours of pulling out weeds, piling them up and shifting them in builder bags, we had pretty much completed the task we set out to do! Happy faces all around, but cold bodies, so we didn't hang around for too long and everyone rushed off home.

Next task at Alexandra Park is in less than 2 weeks on the 22nd of May, so don't forget to sign up!