6 Goodgymmers assembled in Holyport at the People to Places car park, right next to our other good friends, The Baby Bank. Dave our task owner let us know we'd be washing the outsides of 4 minibuses with brushes, sponges and a hose, which we later found out was a "lethal weapon" when it came to soaking fellow Goodgymmers.

We knew we only had an hour so set to work with the aim of taking only 15 minutes on each minibus. We do like a challenge at Goodgym!

During the session Dave told us lots of good information about the charity since this was our first mission helping them and they do lots of amazing work in the community so it was great to be able to support them and I am sure we will continue to do so.

We naturally settled into a system with each of us taking responsibility for different areas to wash, with a bit of rotation each time we switched to a new bus, and we swiftly learned that both Sara and Rachel are very trigger happy when it came to being on hose duty! Some of us came away very soggy (with Sara and Rachel wondering why they were so dry!) but it was a sign that we'd done a good job and Dave was really happy with what we managed to achieve. There was lots of fun and laughter as always.

Well done everyone!

Eight goodgymers made their way to the Riverside family hub to remove weeds and small shrubs from the area. There was lots of tugging, cutting back and scooping of leaves. The time flew by as many hands made light work! A fun evening with lots of chatting and catching up of news. Rachel generously shared her birthday Celebration sweets to celebrate a job well done! Also well done to Jen who completed 115 skips as part of her 100 a day challenge for charity!

7 Goodgymmers were very chip-er at todays task of spreading wood chip in the forest area at St Marys pre school

Tony was a magnificent sight standing atop of a pile of wood chip with his fish and chips in hand- it provided much nourishment for the task at hand

An hour in and you wooden believe the difference we made in the area. The weeds and dirt were covered over with a fresh batch of wood chip, making for a mu(l)ch more usable space for the school

The end of the task loomed and we said goodbye to our task owner Michelle and made our way homes

Hard work on the arms tonight brushing on solvent paint remover to break down a graffiti piece in place for years.

Working in the layers we each took on a letter and kept going for the hour. Towards the end the jet wash attacked our efforts and we shall have to wait for the morning to see the result.

Although many more coats will be needed, a very rewarding task where lots of residents walking and running oast cheered and said tgank you to us.

The weather didn't play ball, so we had to change our plans from painting preserve on the fence to removing ivy from it. There's nothing that fazes GoodGym spirit though. So 11 of us went at the remaining ivy (we've removed a whole lot in the past) with gusto. Some also took out time to rake away the leaves and branches near the fence.

Special shout out to newcomer Paris for her first session with GG. Welcome!