Jen, Sheila and Sarah (doing her 2nd Goodgym task) joined 9 BBOWT/ Friends of The Millie volunteers for their monthly working party.

After taking the tools down to the reed bed, a small group stayed back to fill in a hole that had apppeared by the path.

Sarah paired up and went off on a litter pick and they collected 7 bags between them.

Sheila and Jen joined a small group who were uprooting the nettles and thistles that were strangling the reedbed.

A good mornings work all round with a final workout transporting the tools back to the van.

Christine and Jen arrived at Ray Mill Island at the same time to be greeted by an enthusiastic Tara who needed help transferring some plants from the garden of a nearby resident to the island for replanting.

The exciting news was that we would be paddleboarding to the residents garden and using the paddleboards to transport the plants back to Ray Mill.

Having safely boarded the paddleboard, I had a practice paddle (it had been a while since my last paddle) then Christine joined me at the rear and off we paddled in convoy.

The garden was beautiful and even after digging up lots of plants to take back, you couldn't spot where we had been.

After some strenous digging it was time to paddle back to base and drop the plants off at the nursery.

A Goodgym Mission extraordinaire and being out on the water was absolute peak Goodgyming for me.