4 Goodgymers plus a Squirrel Scout shared a drink with their local trees. It's a token of our appreciation for everything they do for us: cool our city, clean our air, reduce surface water flooding, provide homes for wildlife and look pretty!

We're also pleased to report that the apple tree in the Squirrel Garden has come back to life thanks to dedicated TLC!

After having a wander around the Festival of Spring, we headed off to help Neptune's Pirates clean Eastney beach.

At only 6 months old, Wilma was full of enthusiasm and bounded across the sand looking for litter with us.

It was a lovely afternoon, in a beautiful location, in good company and we filled 2 bags with litter.

I filled a bag with rubbish that was hiding in the long grass in this lovely mini park on my way to the beach.

We had all GoodGym modes of travel in action with a walking group, running group and cycling group heading to Admiral Jellicoe House for our task this evening.

Continuing our work from a weekend visit earlier in the month, we had even more bright colours to help liven up the dementia garden for residents.

Emmanuel received an introduction to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert from Jen and Harry, as well as career and financial advice from our very own Richard and Judy!

Dave was distracted by a local cricket match taking place on the field behind the garden, luckily Val got him back on track by handing over the GG Red paint brush.

In just under an hour we covered 11 fence panels. Top prize goes to Andy for his precision work and perfect timing! Well done, everyone, what a wonderful, colourful evening!

Team GG rocked up to Baffins Pond for the annual easter egg hunt. A firm fave task for us and we were soon out with our coloured tokens hiding them away for the kids to look for.

I even managed to find one from last year that was so well hidden it hadn't been collected for all this time!

Once the hunt was in full swing we had a visit from the guest of honour themself, the easter bunny!!

And for an eggs-tra treat we were able to see Mama Swan sat atop her nest with her own 4 eggs kept safe and warm.

One goodgymer joined 5 Friends of Langstone Harbour volunteers and the Countrside Officer to do a mega litterpick!

In just 3 hours we cleared a stretch of Milton Common and filled 15 bin bags with litter and fly tipping including a TV, 2 signs, a witches hat, a fire extinguisher, a bench, a trolley and 16 shoes!

We also had the time to identify 4 species of butterflies and 6 birds.

Five of us tackled part 1 of a big makeover task for Admiral Jellicoe House, painting the dementia garden bright colours so the residents can use it and reminisce about their time in the Royal Navy / Royal Marines.

It was a lovely sunny day and the garden was quite the sun trap, so the beautiful boat seating area provided respite for weary arms, as did the lovely refreshments from the kitchen!

We made some progress with the fence panels but more coats of paint are needed and there are a lot more panels to paint, so look out for another task for this soon!

Three goodgymers enjoyed the beautiful park this lunchtime and filled 2 bags of litter which included a lone glove. A big welcome to Ayo for his first task! 😀