Tonight was very exciting for us for so many reasons!!

Firstly, we were super excited to welcome the lovely Marjo & Mark to their first Goodgym task! It was really lovely to have you both and we really hope that you had enjoyed your first experience of GoodGym (despite getting so mucky!!).

Secondly, we had a new task to go to this evening… The RSPCA! We were so thrilled to be able to support this wonderful charity and we received a lovely welcome from Angela who is one of the amazing volunteers at the centre, and we quickly got stuck into the task of clearing and levelling some of the ground ready for seeding... creating a tyre wall and lining & filling the tyres with compost ready for planting.... and laying some flags. It's been a while since we did such a physical task and got so dirty but it was great fun and it was great to see the end result!

At the end of the task, we headed to the beautiful White Lion pub in Hankelow to celebrate Maurice’s birthday tomorrow. I think it was quite possibly one of the nicest pubs I’ve ever been to. We had a well earned drink and a slice of Colin the Caterpillar sat out in the beer garden. It was lovely!

And the sun shone!!!! After days of rain, the Goodgym luck was with us. It was wonderful to finally have some sunshine and warmth!

Well done everyone - a real achievement this evening.

Have a great week everyone and hope to see you soon!

Happy Birthday for tomorrow Maurice! We hope you have a great day!

Take Care.

Lots of love Nicola xx

Tonight we spent the evening at our glorious Queens Park! Karen, Maurice and Nicola headed out for a litter pick and a bit of squirrel whispering!

The park was looking beautiful tonight and it was quieter than usual, presumably courtesy of the imminent England v Netherlands Euros 2024 match (which we won 2 - 1 by the way - sorry Maurice!).

There wasn’t too much litter around the park tonight, I know the Friends of Queens Park do an incredible job of keeping on top of the litter in the park but we did manage to find plenty on the outside perimeter and our bags were pretty full by the time we finished!

Our night wouldn’t have been half as enjoyable without interactions from the squirrels and pigeons who enjoyed our stash of nuts!! At one point, Maurice looked like Dr Doolittle as he was surrounded by pigeons and squirrels!

As always, it was a lovely evening spent with lovely company, doing good stuff in our community.

Well done everyone! Amazing as always!

Have a great week.

Lots of love Nicola xxx

It’s been a while since we had a night as soggy as tonight!! Maurice and Nicola met at the YMCA bungalow on the Sherbourne estate, willing and eager to do some leafleting. The leaflets we were delivering were promoting a drop in session with the Police/Guinness Partnership alongside the YMCA.

We picked up the leaflets and just as we were about to head out, the heavens opened!! We waited for a little while to see if the rain would stop it didn’t!!! So, we headed out anyway and got wet! Obviously, neither of us were sporting a waterproof – it is July after all (not that that means anything in this country!!).

For those of you who don’t know the Sherbourne estate, it’s a bit like a maze! We can only apologise for those of you that received duplicate leaflets or those that may not have received any at all! Honestly though, we did do our best to try and make sure we got one through everybody’s door.. We also did our best to avoid them getting wet – although this did prove a little tricky at the start! Luckily the rain did stop as the evening went on and by the end of the night, we had dried off!!

It was a job well done, spent in lovely company as always.

Thanks for being a rock as ever Maurice!!

Have a great week.

Lots of love. Nicola xx

I think tonight must’ve been the hottest night of the year so far!! It was definitely a bit muggy, but that didn’t stop Maurice and Nicola walking 6 km to deliver leaflets for the fabulous charity, Motherwell promoting a couple of fantastic upcoming events that support the community in a wonderful way.

Maurice and I decided to have a warm-up walk (let's be honest - we didn’t really need a warm-up did we?!) and headed down to the park. We did a lap of the park and enjoyed watching the squirrels, cygnets, ducks, swans and rats! I can’t lie, it was a very cute rat. Maurice and I decided it must’ve been a baby... as always, we put the world to rights as we notched up our steps. We never seem to run out of things to talk about do we Maurice?

We covered 6 km in total and got a fair amount of leaflets posted through doors. It was a lovely evening spent in fab company as always.

You’re a star Maurice, thank you as always for your support.

have a great week, lots of love

Nicola xx

it seems like summer might have finally arrived!! The sun was shining, it was warm and it was the perfect opportunity for four friends to get together and do a bit of community work for the fantastic charity Wishing Well

Karen, Nigel, Maurice and Nicola started the evening with a brisk circular walk down towards the cemetery and in a loop back via some bits of town that none of us had ever seen before! How long have we lived here?!

It was a good opportunity for us to catch up with each other and chat about various topics including parkrun (of course!), the football, work, holidays… to name a few.

Back at the centre, we each set to work on different tasks and got stuck in. We looked at what needed doing and worked accordingly. Maurice mowed the lawn, Nigel and Karen weeded and dug over one of the raised beds and Nicola did a litter pick around the outside of the building. it was a productive evening rounded off perfectly with a very refreshing pint (or Diet Coke) at Hops bar with another opportunity to for more chat and arranging our forthcoming Goodgym social ❤

It was a lovely evening, spent with lovely people and enjoying some lovely weather (for once! ☀️).

Well done! You're all amazing ❤

Have a great week. Lots of love.

Nicola xxx