Melanie Young

GoodGym have been asked by Bristol City Council Estate Management Service to help Mr L.

His garden is severely overgrown and his neighbour has complained as bushes and brambles are damaging and hanging over their shared fence. This is causing tension and also means that Mr L has breached his tenancy agreement. GoodGym runners started this last weekend but he needs help to get it finished before the nesting season begins, when bushes will no longer be able to be cut down.

The referrer has borrowed tools for the task from another council department and the garden can be accessed round the side of the house. The garden waste can be left on site for the council to collect.

It’s a workout and a half at FareShare’s Foodstock campaign - 20 pallets of single (ish) items to be turned into 20 equal pallets of mixed items, in a safe and stable Tetris game with squatting and weight-lifting.

We aced it, winning all three prizes for the best stacked pallets and have ideas for the next GoodGym olympics...

Welcome to Lucy who attended a GoodGym session for the first time - thank you for coming and we hope to see more of you!

Four GoodGymmers carried on digging up the path to prepare it for gravel to be laid and two of us were spreading manure on the paddock. It was nice to be outside and chatting to fellow volunteers whilst doing good in the commuity. Well done everyone.

Another Wednesday morning was well spent at the farm and no one left without a smile. The goats may have had something to do with that. Goat to love them, they are adorable.

FareShare South West is running an emergency Foodstock campaign to help meet the unfortunate demand for food assistance this winter. We’ll be helping them pack food parcels at their warehouse (next door to the Wickes).

IMPORTANT POINTS If you're feeling unwell or have any possible covid symptoms please don't come and put anyone at risk, also if you're asked to isolate or have any other reason you can't make your shift please let us know as soon as possible so we can find a replacement.

Please put your mask on before entering the warehouse and keep it on at all times. FareShare can provide masks, high vis, steel toe cap overshoes and protective gloves but if you have your own you're welcome to bring them.

Please practise social distancing 2m as much as possible in the warehouse (although there may be times when this isn't always possible).

Please bring plenty of warm clothes (it will get cold in the warehouse), a water bottle, a mug if you have one and your own snacks or food if you would like it (tea and coffee will be provided).

Some manual handling and lifting will be required.

Before the task, you will be asked to provide some basic info to FareShare for track and trace. Your email and telephone number will be stored in Fareshare records to log who is in the warehouse for track and trace if need be, there will also be an NHS Track & Trace QR code at the entrance which you are welcome to scan.

There is access to toilet and handwashing facilities in the building and sanitising stations around the building – please use them regularly.

Additional info will be emailed before the task.

The Feel Good Factor was HUGE at Windmill Hill City Farm this morning - a full set of GoodGymmers including Aldi's first ever GoodGym task, returner Anna and back-from Kingston Grace and a whole host of Bristol regulars.

We scraped the path, levelled out the scrapings and we’re then asked if we’d like to join a goat photo shoot, or goat-o shoot for short. Would we ever?!

Shree took charge* of Pip the Pygmy Goat and we were soon** striking a pose for the animal of the week preparation.

With enormous grins on our faces and endorphins from the physical work, we’d made new friends and had the perfect start to the day, all before 9am!

Pip took charge of Shree *Quite a long time later