Happy Monday, we hope you all had beautiful weekends.  Welcome to issue number 11 of the lockdown special! Last week brought us lots of sunshine (and maybe a couple of hangovers and some dodgy tan lines for some of you!), Charlies Ready Steady Cook BBQ special, THAT Crowd funding WOD (payback is a beautiful thing!!)…

This week was mental health awareness week and we held a week of seminars, talks, workshops and relaxation that we hope you’ve found helpful. If you missed any, don’t worry there’s an email in your inbox with links to all the recordings. We also held our very own hero WOD, Lesley in memory of Leila’s…

Hello!  Welcome to issue number 9 of the lockdown special. We’ve had another busy week in the virtual world of Valesco, with the pub quiz, a full program of classes, Ready Steady Cook, Yoga and nutrition chats. We also held our blind auction, thanks so much to those of you who got involved and we can’t…

Hello! Welcome to issue number 8 of the lockdown special. We hope you’ve had a great bank holiday weekend and celebrated VE day in style- in the living room/garden with a scone and some sourdough! This week we celebrated Coach Cs birthday with a video, cake and for those of you who took part, THAT…

Welcome to the 7th edition of the lockdown newsletter. We know a few of you have been running Bristol 10k today so a huge well done to all of you that took part in this. Lots of you have also taken part in Captain Tom’s hero WOD today so here’s a big virtual high 5…

Happy Sunday everyone! We hope you’re all keeping safe and well. Whether your been climbing mountains at home, coming along to Zoom wods, working your way to complete Netflix or muddling through we want you to know we love you, we miss you and we are here for you. There is no right or wrong…

Has anyone else forgotten what life before isolation was like? Not worn jeans in forever and forgotten where their hairbrush lives? We know this week has been really tough for some of you and we want you to know it’s ok to be angry, frustrated and upset but we really hope you’ve found some joy in…

We hope you’ve all had the happiest of Easters and are suitably stuffed full of chocs, hot cross buns and roast dinner..yum yum! Is it just us, or does a bit of sunshine make everything feel a little brighter?! We really hope you’ve managed to see some of it, whether it be in your garden…

Whether you’ve taken part in the Open today, Emma’s savage Sunday, are working or chilling with a bowl of ice-cream we hope you’ve had some fun this weekend. This week we’ve had a double-under workshop, a full timetable of ZoomWods and HomeWods, our second installment of Ready Steady Cook with Charlie, 3 yoga classes with…

We couldn’t love you guys more if we tried. These past few days we’ve been blown away by your resilience, your willingness to adapt, your support of each other, your strength and your ability to focus on the positives and smile. We’ve truly felt the value and power of our community and just how important…