This Sunday 2 GoodGymer's attended the Magdalene Group's fundraising and awareness event, being hosted at Bishops House & Gardens.

It was a busy afternoon and the list of tasks kept the volunteers very busy...

Firstly on refreshments duty - serving tea, coffee and cake, then refilling the milk jugs, urns, water jugs and teapots. Washing and drying up all of the plates, cups, saucers, cutlery and milk jugs, and dealing with all the payments.

Next it was manning the book & craft stalls - selling donated books and taking payments.

Finally onto tidying up - clearing away tables, collecting used plates, cups and saucers. Packing away the folded tables, putting away the crockery and packing up the all the tea, coffee and cakes!

As the organisers put it 'they couldn’t have done it without us'! Shout out to Dré attending her first session. Really great effort well done.

Tonight 8 GoodGymer's ran 4km to Edmund Bacon Court.

The local residents had been donated a number of herbs including Lavender, Rosemary and other plants, Azalea, Hydrangeas, Geraniums and Salvias.

So we began our first task, weeding the borders and collecting any unwanted bulbs to be dried out. Then came the digging, checking the holes were the correct depth and pouring in water before bedding in the new plants.

The residents were delighted with our efforts and even supplied tea & biscuits!

We look forward to seeing this grow when return later in the year.

Tonight 8 GoodGymer's ran 5km to Eaton Park on a lovely sunny evening.

We met Aafje from the Friends of Eaton Park, who supplied us with tools and explained the evenings task - to sweep gravel from the steps and path inside the grand rotunda.

Armed with brooms we split into pairs to cover the whole area, it was surprisingly satisfying seeing the results of a freshly swept floor! There was also time to collect any rubbish nearby.

As the sun went down our evening was sound tracked by a local drumming group practicing their rhythmic grooves in the nearby bandstand!

Shout out to Amie who joined us for the first time!