And there was a path…

When I arrived I realise this might be too big a job for one person but spoke to Mr A and asked which part of the garden he would like to be completed first. We made a decision that I would clear the path for him today and his 100ft garden would be finished on another occasion (or three). 😊

Luckily I had the sun shining and some music playing quietly and I was able to make a start on this big job.

As agreed I cleared the path and Mr A was happy with the progress.

He looks forward to the job being finished, but was satisfied for now.

Today I joined Viv, Lumen and the gang at the Silverdale planters for some light gardening in the sun.🌞

Our main aim today was deadheading, collecting seeds and pulling up all the sticky weed that’s been creeping in everywhere.

We also added a fresh layer of mulch to the planters to help keep the moisture in and stop them from drying out.

We’ll be back again next month. Come join us if you can! ☀️ 🌱💧

Today I joined Viv and the gang at the Silverdale planters for some light gardening in the sun.🌞

Our main aim for today weeding the sycamore seedlings from the flower beds. As well as some general tidying.

It’s spring so both planters are full of colour and lots of blooms.

We’ll be back again next month. Come join us if you can! ☀️💧🌿

It's nice to do goodgym with friends, but sometimes solo is the one. There was a lovely bunch from the Friends of Kelsey Park but I mostly just stuck by myself this time, at one with the brambles.

The task was to remove brambles that were tangling themselves up with the other plants and taking them over a bit. So armed with a pair of seccateurs (never know how to spell that word), I got as close as I could to the base of the brambles, putting them off growing more.

It was suuuper satisfying yanking down the really long ones that had reached up around the tops of the trees and I actually only got spiked a couple of times.

It's a bloody beautiful park, even in the rain (see pic), and was so nice to get out in some greenery for an hour.

A big welcome to Sabrina and Marina, first time GoodGymers for today's task at Kelsey Park! 👋

Thankfully the rain had just about finished by the time we arrived and stayed away for the morning, enabling us and the Friends group to clear some brambles along the path by the waterside in the beds between benches. We managed to get some roots, but it was too soggy to try for some deeply embedded ones, and others were buried in amongst fir-like shrubs with needle leaves that were prickly to go between, so we had to settle for cutting other brambles back as far as we could.

We filled several wheelbarrows full, making a real difference to the beds that so many people walk by every day.

Great work, team!

I’d picked up a prescription for Ms J last week, but, alas, there was an item missing and one that wasn’t in stock. Everything was sorted out for today’s second attempt, she was happy and her dog was happy - it had barked at me last time but was much more friendly today.

As my other GG mission was cancelled today there was plenty of time to do some intervals on the way home - passing a blue plaque to a Russian Anarchist who lived in Bromley (not something you’d expect) and a sign 100 metres into an interval to star jump - so I did!