Sue , Maggie and Sheila were at the regular Spital Cemetery workparty, and were joined by one other volunteers. while Maggie went off to tidy some of the war graves, the others started to tackle a tangle of hawthorn and brambles that were completely obscuring one of the headstones. Much chopping later, we had a couple of hippo bags of debris, and the headstone was revealed. To help get rid of as much of the dead branches as possible, some well-aimed boots did the trick. We were delighted to find a jersey tiger moth caterpillar, which we let loose to find it's favourite food of nettles and brambles, of which there are plenty! The headstone belonged to Alfred Stevenson his wife Ellen Mary and youngest daughter Helen Mina

People to Places provides a door-to-door transport service for local residents of the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead with mobility needs. Their minibuses are always in need of a wash - it makes a difference to their passengers as well - so who do they call?...

Five GoodGymers took a chance with the weather and decided the skies will be clear by 7pm. Boy were they proven wrong! 😂

Not only did it not stop raining, we also had some hail to level things up! Like the wise folks say, when life throws rain at you, grab the soap and wash the minibuses. (Ok maybe nobody says that!)

But we did - grab the soap and wash the minibuses, 6 in all.

Sara, Sol, and Rachel played Jump rope with the hose while a clean bus was being swapped for a dirty one. A fun evening, albeit quite wet, especially for Sara who wielded a leaky hose which wet her more than the rain. Such a trooper!

GoodGymers Kanika and Diya went out on a sunny Sunday to help Ms. J with a bit o' Microsoft Word help.

Ms. J used to be the Secretary of the Estate and is now struggling with typing up notes. 

We helped her with some basic functions on the laptop and wrote down the instructions as well; her memory is not what it used to be. It is true that technology can be pretty hard for some seniors but Ms J seemed determined to get on with it. Hey, she even taught us one thing! Did you know there was a "Clipboard" panel in Word which shows you everything you have copied? Handy!  just like ctrl+z which she absolutely loved 😁

Mick, Meggie and Sheila spent a peaceful afternoon at Ray Mill Island, watering the newly-planted areas and weeding out the rampant winter heliotrope. Mick also fashioned a plant retainer out of dogwood stems to hold back the Japanese anenome. It was lovely to get lots of positive comments from appreciative passers-by

Five GoodGymers met at the community allotment on a sunny evening to help with some jobs, joining taskowner Sue. Georgeta took on the task of doing all the watering, both in the greenhouse and all the beds outside. The rest of the team constructed a structure from canes to support the climbing beans. Then came the exciting bit of planting the beans, with Sol demonstrating her special technique for tying in the beans. All whilst being watched by the distinctive Robin with ruffled feathers, who took the opportunity to feast on some tasty treats from the disturbed earth. A great job by Georgeta, Rachel, Sol, Meggie and Sheila to get their weekends off to a great start

Baby Bank regulars Karen and Sheila were delighted to be joined this week by Siobhan who came all the way from GoodGym Camden to help with clothes sorting. The facility was short of volunteers this week, so it was great to have some extra help. We quickly settled into the routine of checking that the clothes donations were of good quality and cleanliness - with Siobhan on first checking and Karen and Sheila following up with a secondary check and putting them away in the correct boxes . A productive morning.