As usual on our trips to the synagogue, Barbara had found plenty of tasks to complete keep us busy.

The boys got stuck in with sanding, dusting and glossing a table that was in need of some TLC. Meanwhile, Henry Hoover was in demand, with the Katies in the main chapel and up and down the staircases. Sinéad and Sammy were kept busy in the kitchen corridor with some clearing, cleaning and dusting.

We also enjoyed some mince pies, provided by Sam, and received a lovely Christmas Card and some goodies from Barbara and her team.

Thank you to our lovely team of GoodGymers for helping out with a bit of an odd task this week!

Part 1 was an adventure into our loft to bring down some old CD racks that are being transformed into planters for a local charity. Dave and Andy seemed to have some pent-up rage as they ripped off the backs with their bare hands!

We then walked the racks in a rather unusual convoy through the streets of Buckland, then set them in place and started loading them with compost ready for planting in spring.

As we were finished in plenty of time, we tidied the shed and had a little basketball challenge. Dave also tested out the pirate ship slide and declared it a good experience, "except for my spine". That is certainly a review from someone creeping closer to 40!!

We enjoyed a casual 2.5km run along the seafront this morning, with the rain fortunately holding off whilst we were running. The wind was a little bit forceful along the front though - and we also had to carry on a little longer so Andy's run hit a round number on his Strava!

We did manage to get most of our coffees down before the rain tried to come back, but did get slightly wet bottoms whilst we sat at Coffee Cup!

We had a bit of an unusual session this week, stretching our creative muscles rather than our physical ones. I think this was very much appreciated in the sudden cold snap - great numbers tonight!

Dave and Sinéad kept to Gym in GoodGym for us, with a couple of laps of the churchyard before joining us in the community centre to get creating.

We had beautiful table pieces, wreaths, orange peel tree hangings, hand-decorated garlands and some very intricate and mathematical giant baubles. Wilson showed true determination, and with the help of Maxine and baby Margaux completed their challenge! Katie and Vicki were another dream team, producing another masterpiece.

Special thanks to Judy for her creativity, resources and epic foraging skills for providing us with such a lovely task this evening. It was truly wonderful!