A neatening evening in Richmond town centre as we headed to St Mary Magdalene churchyard where the grade II listed war memorial needed some tidying up. Under the watchful eye of task owner Ken we weeded the bed and tidied up the slabs that surround it before Ken blew in with his leaf blower and cleared away the loosened weeds, moss and grass to leave the whole thing ready for remembrance.

An unexpected start to the evening as four members witnessed then helped with a traffic accident before handing over to police who arrived at the scene with blue lights on!

Thankfully the task itself was just around the corner where the rest of the group had already started digging holes to plant bluebells in the graveyard area that Ken has been working on.

After some careful digging in the dark, the group headed to the nearby Angel & Crown for a Taskforce catch-up, full of ideas and appreciation for what everyone does to make GG Richmond something special to be part of. ❤️

The never ending task! One GoodGymer came to whittle away some time on Canada Day. The Church flew the flag and that is all that mattered.

Today’s GoodGym adventure took us to the beautiful church in central Richmond, where we rolled up our sleeves for a hands-on task: building a rustic wooden rail for the new “scented trail” project. Our goal was to create a sturdy, natural boundary using chunky timber and a lot of teamwork.

As someone with dyslexia, I had a moment where I wasn’t sure whether I was supposed to follow the horse or the hose—Ken’s directions definitely kept me on my toes, but it gave me a laugh either way! (Spoiler: no horses, and only a bit of hose.)

We got stuck in with lifting, sawing, and setting the wooden rails in place, working alongside Ken, who shared plenty of tips and good humour throughout the morning. It was a physical but rewarding session, and seeing the rails take shape bit by bit was a real treat.

No worries—I really enjoyed it, and I’d love to come back when it’s on again!

Five GoodGymers came out to St Mary Magdelene Parish Church in the centre of Richmond to build some hurdles. We welcomed 2 new GoodGymers on their first mission with the same name: Jamie. Anita was at the War Memorial getting the beds ready for planting and Ken was on the other side struggling with some new sticks to make them into hurdles around the wildflower area. Jamie (both) got stuck into cutting sticks and sharpening the ends while Emily set about making holes on the posts for the sticks to go through. It was a hot day and while we made good progress finishing some bits off there will be more stick work on Monday as the task was not completed but a good effort was made.

Two GoodGymers turned up to make some rustic knee rails for the wildflower patches at St Mary Magdelene Church. They quickly got to work and were knocking posts and cutting rails in unison until they ran out of posts! Ken got on his bike to get more and finish the task.

We are back there this Friday to finish the task if you can join!