On Saturday morning 7 Cardiff goodgym members met at Gabalfa Primary to help weed their planters. They had become overgrown and scrappy. The school has secured a grant to transform the area but Goodgyms help will mean funded hours are not wasted on weeding but can focus on making the area ready for the children to grow planfs and flowers and learn.

It was cold. It was wet. It was muddy. Classic January challenge weather. But the goodgymers were not put off and blitzted the weeds. Breaking trowels and pitch forks in the process, and leaving the largest planters cleared for the school.

Can we dig it? Yes we can and yes we did

Martin became the third club member to reach 300 deeds tonight! Congratulations and well done Martin, an amazing achievement. You are a true Graff-ter

He was awarded a Goodgym trident to mark the auspicious occasion!

It was a wet and dreary evening but 6 other GG-ers were there to support Martin in doing some good!

The task at hand was to clear down the perimeter wall at the Salvation Army, which was covered in weeds and nettles. We had to really tri-hard to cut and pull off the stubborn greenery, at some points it was a 3 pronged attack. The group tried-to-make-a-dent, but in fact they did much more than that, clearing a large percentage of the wall.

This week there was more chat about Microsoft Excel as we went about our work, but the only Graff plotted was how we would get back to the pub to celebrate.

When we got back we created a little clothes line to dry out our soggy gear! Then some folks ordered food - which they ate with a traditional 4 pronged fork! ;o)

We toasted Martin's milestone and enjoyed the welsh cakes he kindly brought with him. A grand old evening.