Five Goodgymers ventured out into their neighbourhoods in the lovely spring sunshine to pick up litter. Gillian and Rachel enjoyed the beautiful weather and Kay tackled St Peters Rd. Viv and Angela spread the word about GG to three walkers who took an interest in what they were doing. There were also a few smiles from car drivers and 'well dones' !

This was our first Wednesday night GoodGym session since the clocks went forward and it was lovely to enjoy daylight for nearly all of the task!

We got straight to work tackling some weeding, two overgrown buddleia, a wildflower bed, and a very wild rosemary bush.

By the end of the session we'd filled several large green bags with the cuttings from our pruning efforts, and thanks to the rosemary it was one of the best smelling tasks we've ever done!

Christine and Jen arrived at Ray Mill Island at the same time to be greeted by an enthusiastic Tara who needed help transferring some plants from the garden of a nearby resident to the island for replanting.

The exciting news was that we would be paddleboarding to the residents garden and using the paddleboards to transport the plants back to Ray Mill.

Having safely boarded the paddleboard, I had a practice paddle (it had been a while since my last paddle) then Christine joined me at the rear and off we paddled in convoy.

The garden was beautiful and even after digging up lots of plants to take back, you couldn't spot where we had been.

After some strenous digging it was time to paddle back to base and drop the plants off at the nursery.

A Goodgym Mission extraordinaire and being out on the water was absolute peak Goodgyming for me.

Four GoodGymers headed out in their neighbourhoods for a breath of fresh air and to pick up litter. Viv and Angela were assisted by Flora the dog who enjoyed sniffing out hidden litter in bushes and catching the odd abandoned glove!A wooden tribal statue watched with interest from someones driveway. Carys enjoyed a luchtime screen break and collected a whole bag in Oldfield. Sarah tackled the Cookham litter, there was so much that she couldn't carry it all home!

It was a small team at the BabyBank this week as they didn’t have enough leaders on site to host a large team. Carol and Karen were tasked with sorting through the donations to find those on the most needed list and carrying out the first checks on them. It was a very relaxed atmosphere with lots of the chat with the other two regular volunteers. A very pleasant way to spend a morning.

Spital Cemetery stalwarts Sue and Maggie were joined by Sheila and Karen for the first work party of the year. We also welcomed Sarah for her very first GoodGym mission. Taskowner Karen gave us a safety briefing , and we were off to find some graves that needed attention. We cut back bushes, and even the lower branches of large trees to reveal hidden gravestones. Our reward was to be able to read the touching inscriptions, now revealed.