Sandy Dhaliwal

It was sooo good to be back at the allotments with Seb our task owner. Last Spring we started helping Seb get a set of allotments ready to be used as therapy gardens. And today we were back to ‘turn’ around the plot.

Lost the plot

If there was one good thing of 2020 it was meeting Seb.

She is phenomenal! Each week last spring/summer she would stay on after we’d left and get more ground works done.

We would arrive the following week wondering how so much progress had been made in one week. Maybe it was the fairies? Nope, must have been the pixies of course! .... then we realized that there was gnome one like Seb and that it must have been her hard work.

The plot thickens

So here we are, after finishing off our last task in November 2020 with more digging to do.

The plot was dry with moist bottom! All we had to do was turn over the top soil to unleash the wetter soil beneath.

Sounds easy, and for some, like Joe it was. For others like me, Sandy and Nisha it was a bit thick (the ground not us)! We picked the short straw and ended up with the corner that was more debris than soil!

Means allot

This task is such a joy to be at. Not only for the company but for the sense of achievement we get each time we do this session! We are back next week to do more damage (to the ground!)

Ariva-Dirt-Chi

No runners up here

Four of us met at Upton Court Park for a challenging and varied fitness session led by the one and only Ricky.

This was the first time the marathon-running legend had led a session for GoodGym and he certainly put us through our paces; getting us stretching places we probably forgot existed, showing us ways we could improve our running technique, mixing things up with lots of circuit-type drills and strengthening that worked various parts of our bodies - we all forgot how hard sit ups and planks were! - plus a few mini laps at varying speeds chucked in to break things up.

Needless to say we all felt like we had gotten a really good workout - something we all commented on needing after so long without group sessions. They have been missed and this was a welcome return! Long may they continue.