A great turn-out of 6 Goodgymmers at the community allotments. Georgeta heeded Amy's warning of wearing appropriate PPE in this gorgeous weather, looking very fetching in her sunhat and sunglasses. We welcomed Louise, who was touristing from Newham, and it was lovely to see Sol, Roberta and Jack too. We realised that we all originated from different countries, spanning 3 continents, so a truly global team First task was to fill some of the water butts, and empty others whilst doing the watering so that they could be moved. Roberta, Louise and Jack did a great job giving the beds a good soaking, and I was particularly impressed with Jack's double watering can technique. Georgeta, Sheila and Sol tackled the weeds in the flower bed, whilst discussing the differences between secateurs, shears and loppers. It was great to see the allotments thriving - it looks like it's going to be a bumper year!

We didn't end up sumo wrestling this evening in the end, but we did...

• walk (and run - well done on your extra mileage Sol!) a beautiful sunny 2.5km loop along the Thames Path and through Coolley's Meadow

• help superhero Claire from Wild Eton Wick prepare her exhibit and children's craft activity for the 'Our Changing Earth' festival at the Odney Club in Cookham this weekend (find out more about this fab, free event by clicking here)

• learn about tesselation (different from Tesla nation!)

• eat some heavenly home made brownies. Thank you Rachel for baking these for Jess, and thank you Jess for sharing!

• prove that you can still do GoodGym with a broken hip, just minus the walking or running bit. Wishing you a speedy recovery Jess!

• have a lovely sociable time and lots of laughs

• complete a hilarious fitness circuit involving a balance beam, hula hoops and seated tennis

Well done everyone for another great Wednesday evening session!

Mrs J was distressed again this week over the antics of her cat. Although looking very sweet and innocent sitting on the sofa in the sun, he had caught a Magpie during the week and brought it inside the house.. How he got it through the catflap, she does not know! We had chats about my new grandson, food and travel, and Mrs J's upcoming mental health clinic visit to help her come to terms with the loss of her husband. I so hope it goes well

Sheila, Laura and Rachel met at Braywick Heath Nursery this chilly morning....weren't we promised blue skies and sizzling temperatures??? I digress!! Todays main task set by the lovely Nicky was a good old tidy up, so we rolled up our sleeves and got to it. Soon we had buckets full of deadheads and dustpans full of dust and soil swept away from those unwanted places. Nicky treated us to a lovely task of choosing some plants to pot up for the nursery sell. Sheila and Rachel had great fun colour matching plants, many a trip was made to match up tones, sizes and flower shape. We got there in the end to great praise from the professionals. Looking forward to next Tuesday already.

I paid Mrs H a social visit today. Kanika and I had previously helped her with some weeding, but her husband has since died, and she is feeling lonely. It turned out that we had so much in common - a love of gardening, knitting and she also used to play short tennis with the group I now play with. We got on like a house on fire! She gave me a tour of her beautiful garden, and we both learned things from each other She had a poster up in the sitting room, saying 'The Sun is Always Shining Somewhere', which her grand daughter had put up for her husband when he was an invalid. So true!

I visited Mrs. M in the hospital again today. Same as last week, I took her to the cafeteria in a wheelchair. I took her back to her ward left her as comfortable as I could. She’s getting better physically but her memory is worsening, which is getting her spirits down.

I hope it passes and she’s back to her cheery old self soon 🤞