There was a time when I would have stayed in bed late in a Sunday morning, or an even more questionable time when I would drag myself to the downstairs sofa to watch the Hollyoaks Omnibus on T4 (ah those were the days).

No longer!! Now I'm a member of GoodGym, Sundays are all about getting up early and getting some rewarding outdoor voluntary work done. Trust me, if you are thinking about joining us, it's way better than the couch/Hollyoaks omnibus solution.

This morning, we had the wonderful Cosmo, Aaron, Bennath and Meyrick attend, with our ever galvanised contact at the Friends of Sydney Gardens, Gill, deciding that weeding around the tennis courts was the task to today.

We've done this numerous times before, but as we all know weeds grow back almost as quickly as you can remove them. IT was lovely to sit, weed and chat amongst ourselves in the hour we had there, but all agree that the time flew by. We finished it off with a visit to the Holburne Museum cafe before parting ways. This is a great way to spend a Sunday morning so come on and get on board!

It's always nice when someone comes to watch while you're on a GoodGym mission. You want to make a good impression in the hope that they might consider becoming a GoodGymer too. In this case our audience was a magnificent black ram. So no hope of him donning the red t-shirt any time soon. In fact we suspect he was only there to tuck in to the fresh foliage we provided with our weeding.

Yes we were back at the city farm, complete with pigs, goats, alpacas, chickens and the aforementioned sheep. Our task was to clear a patch of land of dead stems and very much alive weeds ready for sowing with a pick and mix pack of wildflowers.

There was added excitement in that the farm is set on the southern slopes of Bath and our allotted field was at quite a gradient. But Bennath took it in her stride and Cosmo threw himself into the task - almost literally. Jason and I operated at ground level - which was nothing at all like a game of pick-up sticks, I just thought it would make a fun pun.

We'll be back next week - those seeds need some sowing

And what a lovely morning it was, dry and bright, warm and breeze free. I was even early, there was optimism in the air the likes of which I haven't felt for ages.

Lovely Alice Park Community Garden, a firm favourite amongst the GoodGym Bath collective, this morning was host to Cosmo, Nev and Meyrick and today's task was (I may be exaggerating a little here) a full on on engineering masterclass.

First there was what they call their chandelier, a wrapped and packaged collection of dried leaves and plants in the shape of a hanging chandelier. This had been suspended beneath the centre of their covered area, but the wind had gotten the better of it and it had blown down to the ground. Our task was to re-suspend it and if we could engineer a way to raise and lower it, then so much the better.

We actually achieved a solution to this, however the friction of string on wood made it impossible to move. What we need are a few eyelets to run the string through, which were not available on the day but should be when we return next month.

As if we hadn't engineered the poop out of things already, we had time left to construct a frame to support a squash bed that would be growing on it. This needed to be pretty sturdy as squashes are heavy. Again, solution found, I bet even the biggest squash in the world could hang off of that.

We can check out how good our work has been in a month when we return, come and join us on one of GoodGym Bath's favourite missions!!

Emily, Meryick and Cosmo, descended upon Alice Park vegetables garden once more. Often structures are maintained or improved upon. Tools were collected and working out the job were decided, amongst the general chit chat. I, needed a caffeine boost to help me on my way. Wood was weaved, tied in and shortened for a good structure feature to compliment the greenery and look/aesthetic of the community plot. I turned compost, for plants to have soil nutrition as they grow towards their best for summer display and autumn harvest. A warming drink, was provided for refreshment and a good morning work was done. It was good to keep the garden looking its best as we go towards mid summer. Well done guys! (old photo provided as haven't uploaded phone photos.