Ten terrific goodgymers turned up to Woodthorpe forest school on a dark Friday evening. We made our across the field and split into two groups. A team of 4 headed over to shift some woodchip and the rest of us tackled some flowerbeds.

The flowerbeds were soon looking more brown than green, with only a few wormy casualties. The woodchip team finished off and helped finish weeding some flowerbeds that had been hiding from us. We just about had time to dig some holes to re-home a couple of trees. Some of us headed to the pub, and others thought that home and a blanket sounded a much better idea.

Seven of us met at Woodthorpe Primary School ready to get stuck into some barkchip shifting. We were all delighted to find out that the distance between the barkchip pile and its end location was minimal - except Leanne who wanted to get some extra KM's in and reluctantly paused her watch when she realised she wasn't going to.

The barkchip pile that was donated to the school had some quirks. Several logs of various sizes buried within that made the shovelling quite tough. We had to first find a log, then loosen it and dig it out for Jane to shift. Or in Leanne's case - throw it at Jane. Several times. With varying excuses such as, "I thought you were Pete!"

The hour was soon up and we made the hard journey onwards to the pub to celebrate!