Well done to Juli, Rachel, Sheila, Sophie and Tessa!

They got a workout on Thursday by energetically chopping ingredients like apples and chocolate, beating eggs, mixing batter and piping icing to stock up the refreshment stall at the Easter Ten race.

Their efforts gave a boost to many a hungry runner or supporter, and raised funds for local charities Thames Hospice, The Link Foundation and Alzheimers and Dementia Support.

Great work bakers!

Tessa, Sue and Sheila turned out to help Friends of Spital Cemetery with their first tidy-up session of the season. We split into two groups, with Sue's group tackling a bush which had completely covered one grave. With 4 people tackling it, the bush was soon removed, and the gravestone and surround are now visible. What a transformation! Meanwhile Tessa and Sheila tackled a few smaller projects, removing ivy before it could take a proper hold. Unfortunately we could not read some of the inscriptions on the stones - we would love to know some of the family stories. Unfortunately the Heavens then opened (appropriately enough!), and heavy rain stopped play for now

I've got sew much material for this report...sew many puns to string seamlessly together! But I mustn't lose the thread, so let's cut to the chase.

This year Maidenhead Athletic Club (MAC) are introducing pacers at their Easter 10 race, and they needled help with making their pacer bibs. Thanks to RD Jen for reaching out to GoodGym!

With my MAC hat on, I was task owner and Tessa, Anna, Gillian and Sheila met me at the Maidenhead Community Centre to lend a hand.

Laura, Tessa and Sheila traced and cut out numbers - all 36 of them, plus 24 dots for colons - and helped keep track of how many 1s, 5s and 0s were needed. These three are a cut above - they did a sheariously great job.

Gillian was on ironing duty - ironic since she refuses to iron at home! She smoothed out all the bibs and set out and ironed on the numbers with the help of a damp tea towel. She was working flat out!

Sheila helped with number placement too by chalking lines on the bibs so all the numbers would be in the right place.

My job was to zig zag around the edges of the numbers to keep them secure so they can be reused year after year. I completed 4 bibs during the session, although made some school girl errors, which needed to be corrected at home later - oops. At least I had a few people in stitches!

The remaining 8 bibs were shared out between me, Sheila, Tessa and Georgeta for more zig zag action at home. We were delighted to have Georgeta join the team remotely as she is an award winning quilter. No school girl errors from her!

It was sew satisfying to get sew much done at pace, and the bibs look great! Hopefully they will help lots of runners hit their target times in the ten mile race next week.

Well done team!