A much bigger group of GoodGym volunteers than last month supported the friends of Stopsley common to pick litter and enjoy a scenic walk.

Highlights included a mare and her foal, the buttercups, an orchid and wonderful panoramic views of Luton.

Join us next month for the purple orchids in bloom across the common!

6 goodgymers met at Leagrave Park this evening to help to tidy away the Square Garden. We moved lots of bags that had old gazeebo covers and loaded up the shipping container with chairs and other bits and bobs.

We had a great turnout this week with a mixture of walkers and runners so we sent the walkers off early for a head start while the runners got warmed up to take on the evenings uphill struggle to our task.

We were all heading to the Green House community hub where progress on the new cafe space was coming along well. The main cafe space had had one coat but needed another coat and some cutting in. With red, white and green walls to paint we split into three colour coded teams and got going.

The red and green areas being smaller we managed to get finished and left them looking properly smart. The white area was too big for us on this occasion but we got it half done so there's not too much left for their weekend volunteers to work on.

Before we could leave we had to take a moment to celebrate birthday girl Mayra, so with the help of Mr Kipling we enjoyed a round of cake and sung happy birthday!

Tonight at Foodcycle, GoodGym Luton was represented very well . 2 kitchen staff and 4 host helped the wider team serve 46 meals and 2 take aways. The menu this evening was a beautiful mixed salad 🥗 and baked curried chickpeas on toast for starter, an amazing cheesey vegetable pasta bake and dessert was malt loaf with fruit salad. It was well received by he guests and everyone left full and grateful. Just before service, the whole team stopped to sing happy birthday to our very own Mayra who celebrates tomorrow.
It was an amazing effort by all of the team, well done everyone.

Four of us supported the council by going door to door to speak to the residents of Farley Hill about the Radio 1 Big Weekend. We checked if they had received the details about the road closures and tried to answer any queries they had. It was a tough one as there were some very unhappy residents but we also had some lovely chats with others.