A few GoodGymers spent some peaceful moments looking at the sky, taking part in CPRE's Star Count over the last week (17 to 26 February).

From those who shared their numbers with me, Gwyn counted the most, with 14 in North Wales. Naomi and Lorraine came in pretty close with 13 in Derby. The other side of Derby wasn't quite so lucky; I only manged 8, which was fewer than the 9 that Jenni from Ealing saw, despite her having considerable light pollution from Heathrow airport.

Thanks to all who took part, especially those who got cold trying, and failing, in the earlier days of the week where the cloud cover thwarted any attempts to see stars at all.

Anyone who signed up, but hasn't yet emailed photos or confirmation of submitting a result can still send pictures to tracey@traceycool.plus.com to be added to the register.

Ashley and Naomi once again attended St Matthew's Church, this time to weed some of the graves in preparation for Remembrance Day. A beautiful sunny day at the yard was enhanced by tea, biscuits and a meeting with a local councillor Alison Martin. Alison originally put GoodGym in touch with St Matthews, many thanks Alison!

Ashley, Jenny and Naomi met David again to help clean up the moat at St Matthews. Naomi is recovering from an operation so joined us in a supportive role, giving words of encouragement from the bench, while Jenny and Ashley worked hard at scraping the weeds and moss from the stone only occasionally punctuated by tea and biscuits, looking at frogs, trying to feed a friendly robin and a quick visit to the crypt. After 2.5 hours we'd removed 6 buckets of moss and polished off 4 teas and 12 biscuits. As a stretch goal we even managed to clean up the steps leading down into the crypt. Another very satisfying task.