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Join local residents to help maintain this beautiful and spiritual place
Read moreMon 18th Mar at 1:00pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Amy L (she/her)
I've got sew much material for this report...sew many puns to string seamlessly together! But I mustn't lose the thread, so let's cut to the chase.
This year Maidenhead Athletic Club (MAC) are introducing pacers at their Easter 10 race, and they needled help with making their pacer bibs. Thanks to RD Jen for reaching out to GoodGym!
With my MAC hat on, I was task owner and Tessa, Anna, Gillian and Sheila met me at the Maidenhead Community Centre to lend a hand.
Laura, Tessa and Sheila traced and cut out numbers - all 36 of them, plus 24 dots for colons - and helped keep track of how many 1s, 5s and 0s were needed. These three are a cut above - they did a sheariously great job.
Gillian was on ironing duty - ironic since she refuses to iron at home! She smoothed out all the bibs and set out and ironed on the numbers with the help of a damp tea towel. She was working flat out!
Sheila helped with number placement too by chalking lines on the bibs so all the numbers would be in the right place.
My job was to zig zag around the edges of the numbers to keep them secure so they can be reused year after year. I completed 4 bibs during the session, although made some school girl errors, which needed to be corrected at home later - oops. At least I had a few people in stitches!
The remaining 8 bibs were shared out between me, Sheila, Tessa and Georgeta for more zig zag action at home. We were delighted to have Georgeta join the team remotely as she is an award winning quilter. No school girl errors from her!
It was sew satisfying to get sew much done at pace, and the bibs look great! Hopefully they will help lots of runners hit their target times in the ten mile race next week.
Well done team!
Tue 19th Mar at 9:50am
Loved the task and the report is a cut above! 🤩 Looking forward to seeing those vests in action. 🏃♀️🏃🏽♂️
Tue 19th Mar at 12:41pm
Excellent report!! The bibs look great.
Tue 19th Mar at 12:57pm
What a pun-tastic report, and satisfying task. A bond-a-webbing experience! I look forward to seeing the fruits of our labour on Good Friday
Mon 18th Mar at 1:00pm
Wed 31st Jan at 6:45pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
What an amazing spot of litter picking. The team amassed tonnes of bags of litter from across Windsor and Maidenhead. From Sutherland Grange, to across local parks and school runs, the team worked hard. Well done everyone!
Thu 1st Feb at 11:10am
Great work litter warriors! Thank you Amanda for coordinating this sprint finish for the January Challenge ❤️
Wed 31st Jan at 6:45pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
It was a dark and stormy night - no, it actually wasn’t this time…it was a night of no particularly memorable weather as 18 Goodgymers met at the Community Centre to help the Maidenhead Community Allotment. It was great to see so many people, and to welcome new face Adam, for the last Wednesday session of the January challenge. This was combined with towel collecting for the other last task of the month, as we’re all really quite obsessed at this point. We may not have won but we absolutely smashed our target and that’s what really matters. On a slightly less cheesy note, this will also provide motivation for when we crush everyone else next year. In a nice, community-spirited way. There was also a distinct lack of rubbish along the route to the task, conclusively proving (because I say so and I’m the one with the words) that we’ve had a real impact with all the litter-picking-up this month.
Once at the task, we were divided into groups and given a number of things to do to help the allotment prepare for the new year. There was moving piles of dirt to the correct places, stamping on said piles of dirt to make it look nice, digging up weeds and artichokes, ensuring the weeds and artichokes were put in separate piles, and a bit of drama over some leaky butts. I have been given permission to use as many butt puns as I can think of but, despite the temptation, I don’t want to make you all crack up too much.
The time flew by and suddenly we’d done all the things that needed to be done and were being herded into a circle for the fitness part of the night - a Goodgym classic where one person chooses an exercise for everyone else to do and then runs around the circle. We left the task with a sense of both achievement and exhaustion, bags full of artichokes, and a little more exercise as we tried not to step in the remainder of the water from the (now no longer leaky) butts.
Thu 1st Feb at 3:12pm
Brilliant report Scarlett! Perfect one to end the Jan challenge 👏
Thu 1st Feb at 5:21pm
Excellent Report title!
Thu 1st Feb at 5:21pm
And i
Thu 1st Feb at 5:21pm
Abd I laughed at puns and description of no particularly significant westher!! :-)
Thu 1st Feb at 6:16pm
Scarlett this is wonderful! I am laughing by myself on the train back from
Thu 1st Feb at 6:17pm
And getting weird looks!
Thu 1st Feb at 9:26pm
That’s my daughter! So proud 😊
Fri 2nd Feb at 2:42pm
Really enjoyed meeting the group and had a great time helping out at the allotment!
Tue 30th Jan at 6:30pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
GoodGymmers across W&M dug deep in their linen cupboards and donated a whole lot of towels for the animals at Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre! The staff at DBARC were very pleased with the donations and thanked us for our efforts.
Thu 1st Feb at 2:47pm
Wow, that's loads! Well done Kanika for going the extra mile and delivering it all too. Did you get any cuddles or at least get to meet any of the residents?
Thu 1st Feb at 8:16pm
Alas, I didn't get any cuddles 😔
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