The 1000th Edition of the Green Gym Blog.

  

Sometime during 2006, Mark and myself started talking about trying to publish details of the Green Gym sessions on the, then new, digital media. With Facebook & Twitter still in their infancy, the only easily available platform was something called “Blogger” so it was decided that I should investigate the possibility of using it to produce a weekly digital newsletter for Green Gym. Those of you who know me will realise just how difficult an undertaking this might prove to be as I am  probably the least computer literate member of the group,,,! After many, many, failed attempts Green Gym blog number 1 was finally published under the rather grand title of……

Tuesday 14 November 2006

"FROM LITTLE ACORNS...."

The plan was for members to contribute articles, that may be of interest to others, for publication. To a certain degree this did work out (who remembers Carrie’s wonderful Nature Natters?) but it was often left to myself to try and make something as mundane as Pesky Plant Pulling sound interesting…!

Now, some eighteen years later we have reached issue number 1,000 - so it appears that the little acorn did finally grow into that mighty oak. Over the last 18 years the blog has had almost three quarters of a MILLION hits, far more than I could have ever imagined when we started it..! Because of medical & personal reasons, I find that I can no longer get along to the Wednesday GG sessions but have continue to edit the blog. Having reached this milestone, I feel it is time to hand it over to someone who attends regularly and perhaps has the technical ability to publish it on multi media platforms thereby making it available to a wider audience. Anyone interested in taking on such a challenge should contact Mark.

I would like to thank Mark for his enthusiasm and support over the years along with  all those who have contributed to make it the success it has become. A particular mention goes to Alison and Terry, their editorial and photographs have allowed the blog to continue. Finally, a big thank you, the readers, for “tuning in” every week…… which has made my task worthwhile.

In closing, I would like to borrow a line from that famous comedian, Ronnie Barker…..

“It’s goodnight from me and it’s goodnight from him” (him being Gizmo 😃).