Getting Hammered
7 GoodGymers made their way to help the Heworth Without Parish Council in York.
- Thursday, 29th of April 2021
- Led by Kieran
8 of us GoodGymers were tasked with sifting a large pile of soil from newly constructed outdoor gym equipment and transporting it to use as a top layer dusting in the park.
After locating Roger and his garrison of tools and receiving his instructions from Zinnie, we set to enacting the plan of dividing up into a streamlined team. With the plan out of the window, Michal, Jenna, Mitch, Laura and Steve (when he turned up) got to hammering the clumps (apparently no one's favourite word) of soil into fine grains - roughly translated to slightly smaller clumps ready for sifting. Zinnie and Kieran alternated shovelling more soil, distributing clumps amongst the hammer-wielders and sifting the soil with their tools - hands.
With shovels, hammers, stones, a sifter and a wheelbarrow the group soon became a well-oiled machine producing 6 wheelbarrows of fine soil and getting rid of as much clay as possible.
Running over time because we were having so much fun, all of the tools were transported to the shed after tackling the park gate leading to the final task of locking the padlock which Steve made short work of.
The mountain of soil is not yet conquered but as Michal said, 'at GoodGym we finish what we start,' so I'm sure we'll be back for more!
Report written by Kieran
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