A return to St. Paul's Community Hall and Church tonight. But first, time to ask one of the strangest questions at a bar......

did you find my watering cans last week?

Some 13 goodgymers tonight, so plenty to get done. We welcomed to their first task, Bruno

CROESO

And back for their second helping of volunteering, and this week joining the runners Abdullah.

Sneaking in at the last minute, and thinking he'd bypass the tradition by not signing up! Dylan arrived, but unbeknown to him we had already planned for this. Thanks Rosie 😁

And so without further delay.. Congratulations on hitting 100.

Hope you enjoy wearing the wings for the evening.

The walking group made their way on a slightly more direct route, led by Emma.

The runners took a route following the river and getting a wonderful breeze, and arrived to meet our organiser and a couple of goodgymers who had made their own way there.

We had a big task tonight, as so much of the grounds had become overgrown... Even in a drought. We split into groups to get as much completed as possible.

• Group 1 were on fence clearing
• Group 2 were clearing in between the paving slabs
• Group 3 tackling the side
• Group 4 around the back

There was cutting of the ivy around the fences, before the crew got their energy and started ripping it off. The tree saplings that had taken root were also cut back, leaving a nice clear site. The pathway was cleared using some tough wire brushes, before being sprayed to keep those weeds at bay. We may have broken a brush or two, but our organiser had admitted to buying cheap online....

The side had a lot of misplaced plants, so they were removed before the whole area was swept and made all spick and span again.

And then came the back.......Everywhere you looked there were plants to be pulled. Rosebay willowherb and buddleja where just a couple. Due to the drought conditions of late though, they were a little easier to pull up, but the seeds and pollen certainly got up noses. And so, the conversation got onto the conga - Standard.

The original by Miami Sound Machine and Gloria Estefan, and the childhood / wedding party delight from Black Lace.

Distraction out of the way, we downed tools and made our way to the front for our standard group photo. We achieved a lot more than our task organiser expected, meaning our next trip could be something a bit different. Thanks team for a successful evening, see you next time.

The three amigos got out in Cardiff for some wet weather weeding.

Let's get our weed on

A slightly injured Michael kept back Darren on the run, but we made it in time still. Lucy joined us on her bike, all smiles and ready to tackle those paving slabs. (Her favourite)

Tonight, we were tackling the front of the community hall and next to the old church. Michael commented that the choir with no name weren't in, and was informed that they had changed locations for their rehearsals. Certainly was quieter without them, we will have to bring some tunes next visit.

40 minutes of volunteering and the slabs were weed free and looking "tidy".

We headed to our new test pub for a soft launch tryout, next week we will be starting and ending there.

Not the weather that we'd hoped for, thankfully the rain was just fine so the painting was still on. We set off on our route, 5 runners heading along the Taff embankment enjoying the Summer greenery. Meanwhile our 2 walkers made their way on a slightly shorter route to the task.

Our task organiser had already set up and was ready and waiting for us, Michael got the goodgym gloves out of his bag whilst showing off the lovely goodgym running jacket. We each got handed a brush and pot, then we made our way to fill our pots with the railing paint. We had three large fence panels to paint, and decided that this was the day that we would finish the task.

Focus

Never has there been such concentration at a task, with a goal in sight there was no stopping us. We smashed our way through the task, finally finishing the panels. We had just enough time to get another helping hand in, there was a new sign to put up so we all jumped in and managed this extra task.

We said our farewells and made our way back to the glassworks, ready for an evening of games and giggles.

Yes..... There is something about Imy, she has wings.....

congratulations on your 100th deed

Of course the celebration called for the finding of the old fairy wings, which Imy wore with 'pride'

We made our way to our task tonight, painting the never ending railings. Perfect weather for painting though, and a new beautiful jogging route along the river, much better than the Winter option.

We did a bit of extra time tonight, doing 40 minutes volunteering, whilst chatting about the upcoming birthday celebrations of goodgym, Llion and the Welsh language songs from our resident Eisteddfod favourites, Imy and Andrew.

Join us next month as we celebrate community gardens and on the 20th May we have our 8thbirthday

Get your wings...

A short and sweet task, so a quick and simple report.

A small group tonight heading out on a cold Tuesday after a Monday, Monday.
We were California Dreamin' of the Summer to come
as we ran through Creeque Alley.
Our task, to clean the outside back of the hall so all could see It's Getting Better.
Lets get to work, I Can't Wait said the group.
Once done it was time to Go Where You Wanna Go.
If you Dream a Little Dream of Me (goodgym)
and you've Got a Feeling you'd like to volunteer
then join us in the future

Another chilly evening saw a good group of 11 goodgymers meet up to get active and do good.

Tonight, we were jogging and walking over to St. James Community Centre, next to the very beautifully gothic Church. It was a short distance of just under 2km each way, but welcomed on the way back to warm up after the task. Our task, as the numbers were good, to help edge the lawn, sweep up leaves from the public path, remove the larger weed growth in between the paving slabs and then came the burning.....man

As the joggers and runners arrived first they were given first choice, Dylan and Rosie took up the flame throwers (well not quite, health and safety and all that!), Darren was on edge with the trusty spade, Martin and Will went out into the darkness to sweep up the leaves, Sophie, Llion, Catherine, Flo and Neda got on with removing the weeds from the slabs.

It was 30 minutes of cold, hard work, whilst the strange Tesla car flashing it's light at us, let us know that it had nearly achieved consciousness.....Michael did not like this particular car, nor did they trust it!

Moving on, photos galore and a good chat as we all caught up with the weeks gone by, and it was soon time to down tools and head home.