BBC 1 - 50 Shades of Play

What a day! 19/10/16 will be the day that we had not one, not two, but three tasks. Our first task involved us running to the truly awesome Felix Road Adventure Playground where we were going to help with refurbishing it as part of a BBC programme called People Power. Some other activities had been filmed earlier in the week as a great showcase for all our brilliant (even if I do say so myself!) work.

We arrived and promptly got asked to run off again... then run back so they could film us arriving. And then we ran off again as there was a van in the way so we had to arrive again 'spontaneously'...

Once on the scene and after signing some release forms, we had a chat with Mike from (I think) DIY SOS on film and were asked to help with painting some walls once they'd been pressure washed. Then we waited for the pressure washer to arrive. And waited.

The lure of the huge adventure playground proved too much for all of us, and we embraced our inner 10 year old with little encouragement. Needless to say we had tonnes of fun! After having a bit of a jolly and a few of us picking up some litter, we eventually got given some rollers and paint and a few brushes and were asked to paint a wall, but there were only a few tools and by that point 16 of us, so the enterprising souls of GoodGym started to de-moss the patio outside the community building that is part of the playground.

Some people got paint spattered, some got muddy, everyone got filmed, and we all had a good play on the wooden castle. Thanks for your patience and understanding whilst we were waiting for something to happen, and for being inventive enough to find something useful to do! You are all superstars.