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Tue 12th Dec at 6:15pm
Tue 17th Oct at 6:15pm
Cardiff Report written by Michael
We see an old fence and we want to paint it black.......
Well it turns out our last trip of the year to the community hall was not as we thought, we returned to help with the mighty task of painting the fence.
11 goodgymers huddled together on a chilly evening, ready to take on the WORLD
Back for their second time was Chloe, welcome you regular you. And we had the return of one who started us all those years ago...... Benjamin
CROESO
Off we went on those mean streets of Cardiff (not really mean, us Welsh are very nice) and we had a nice steady pace to St. James Community Hall.
Tonight's task, to wire brush the fence that we had previously freed from the ivy..... Whilst the rest of us painted as much as we could in the time we had.
You could definitely feel the Autumnal crisp chill this evening, but we were soon warmed by the gratitude of the choir as they came out from the hall to see what we were getting up to. Impressed by the amount of us, they even offered us the food they had left.
DIOLCH
We made our way back to the Daffodil, to warm up and catch up. We will return one more time this year.... As its a BIG fence.
Tue 17th Oct at 6:15pm
Keep it looking it's best for those wonderful groups that use it.
Read moreSat 16th Dec at 7:30pm
Sat 7th Oct at 1:00pm
Cardiff Report written by Andrew Skelton
Moving a sofa sounds like it should be more of a physical task than a mental one. However, for Jen and Andrew, it proved to exercise their brains at least as much as their brawn.
Challenge 1: Go to the correct address. Jen excelled in this initial test. Andrew, on the other hand, spent ten minutes sitting outside a property on the adjacent street. It was only when he accused Jen of being late that he realised his error!
Challenge 2: Find out which flat Mr A lives in. The pair hadn't been given anything other than the building number, and Mr A wasn't answering his phone. Luckily, some neighbours were on their way out, and they had a pretty good idea which door might belong to a Mr A.
Challenge 3: Figure out how to take the sofa apart. It was an L-shaped sofa with some kind of bolt holding the two pieces together. After a fair amount of lifting, jinggling and wiggling, the two pieces were separated.
Challenge 4: Get the sofa pieces through the doorway. For the first piece, various angles and approaches were attempted, but there was always an arm or a leg poking out in the wrong direction. Finally, with Mr A's helpful suggestion, the piece was up-ended and pivoted around the corner with millimetres to spare. The second piece was a different shape and equally tricky, but in the end it made it through and was bolted back onto its other half.
Challenge 5: Figure out how to make the most of the unseasonably warm Saturday afternoon. With the sofa in position and the pair having said goodbye to Mr A, Jen headed off towards town, and Andrew in the direction of Roath Lake, both happy in the knowledge that they'd spent some time doing something helpful.
Sat 7th Oct at 1:00pm
Sat 30th Sep at 12:00pm
Cardiff Report written by Jen Velu
Mrs E needed an old freezer moving from her lovely new kitchen on a slightly grey morning. Two goodgymers shimmied the old freezer through the house and popped it out front for collection. Mrs E was delighted goodgym were able to help, as she doesn’t have any family living close by and now she can enjoy her new kitchen!
Sat 30th Sep at 12:00pm
Mrs E had a kitchen extension built after their partner died. They are putting together a space which feels comfortable and like home. They do not have any local family or friends who can help to lift the freezer to place it outside for pickup.
Read moreSaturday 23rd September
Jen Velu completed their first weekend mission.
Jen has forgone the usual weekend routine. Instead of lie-ins, roasts and strolls around the park Jen has dropped everything to run a GoodGym mission for someone who needed help. Respect
Saturday 23rd September
Jen Velu run their first missions with GoodGym.
Jen has just done something they've never done before. Jen has just run a mission; they've changed their running route and run to help someone who really needed their help.
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