Thank you to our lovely team of GoodGymers for helping out with a bit of an odd task this week!

Part 1 was an adventure into our loft to bring down some old CD racks that are being transformed into planters for a local charity. Dave and Andy seemed to have some pent-up rage as they ripped off the backs with their bare hands!

We then walked the racks in a rather unusual convoy through the streets of Buckland, then set them in place and started loading them with compost ready for planting in spring.

As we were finished in plenty of time, we tidied the shed and had a little basketball challenge. Dave also tested out the pirate ship slide and declared it a good experience, "except for my spine". That is certainly a review from someone creeping closer to 40!!

Today we sleighed our mission, delivering 70 merry cards crafted by the 48th Squirrels and Beavers to the Hive at Central Library. The festive flurry will be shared with care-home residents, spreading tree-mendous cheer and un-fir-gettable kindness. A truly card-ial deed for everyone to enjoy this holly-jolly season and beyond.

An hour well spent organising the PTA's Book shed at St Jude's School. Many books saved for the library or donated to the free table as well as a few already well read by the mice :)

S and I were running a little late this week so we dug in and ran to parkrun rather than our normal stroll! We were still able to get a good chat in though discussing strictly, the huge winds and of course baked beans. We had a lovely bean filled breakfast after.

We had a bit of an unusual session this week, stretching our creative muscles rather than our physical ones. I think this was very much appreciated in the sudden cold snap - great numbers tonight!

Dave and Sinéad kept to Gym in GoodGym for us, with a couple of laps of the churchyard before joining us in the community centre to get creating.

We had beautiful table pieces, wreaths, orange peel tree hangings, hand-decorated garlands and some very intricate and mathematical giant baubles. Wilson showed true determination, and with the help of Maxine and baby Margaux completed their challenge! Katie and Vicki were another dream team, producing another masterpiece.

Special thanks to Judy for her creativity, resources and epic foraging skills for providing us with such a lovely task this evening. It was truly wonderful!

We welcomed Veronika to her first Group Run this evening - thank you for joining us! Luckily she didn't have too many names to learn, as we had Double Dave and Double Katie tonight!

Thanks to Katie for finding us a last minute task for us - weeding by head-torch wasn't the easiest task, but from the before and after photos you can see we made a big impact!

Our team was small but mighty this evening, joined by the legendary Barb for a night of brass polishing.

We'd made great inroads with the cleaning last week, but with the aid of toothbrushes and the creatively named "Pink Stuff" even in the most intricate portions of the brass knuckles came up a treat I even polished so hard I made a hole in my rubber gloves!

Finishing off with a Brasso rub-down, we got the task finished just as the clock struck 7.30pm - timed to perfection.