With great power walking, comes great tree-sponsibility
11 GoodGymers made their way 5.0km to help the Friends of Cator and Alexandra Parks in Bromley.
- Monday, 5th of February 2024
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Led by
Mark Gilyead
he/him
Fresh off the back off a smashing January Challenge, 11 amazing human beings came out tonight for a dark task in the park.
We met at the Bridge House, shared our favourite types of cake (no gluten free, egg free, dairy free chocolate party cakes to be seen), and made our way to Cator Park.
⚡️ Hannah, Hannah and Clare did a POWER WALK.
🔁 The rest of us did a stupid loop before heading down the hill (Note to self: Always plan the route beforehand...)
We met Millie from the Friends of Cator & Alexandra Parks, grabbed tools from the container and got to work on two tasks:
1️⃣ Trimming bush - The path that runs alongside the park is very neat in places but not where we were. There was ivy, branches sticking out and loads of head-height vegetation that meant people were walking on the grass to avoid getting speared. We were trimming it back and making the path significantly wider in the process. Nice.
2️⃣ Slicing the mud pie - Just inside the park, the path was getting swallowed. Equipped with shovels we were slicing the mud away to find the border. Clare did a fine job freeing the bollard (see pic).
A very satisfying session and 2 paths freed up from the claws of nature. We love nature, but it's also nice to have space to walk/scooter/wheelchair/buggy/run on.
Well done team :) ✨
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Led by Mark Gilyead
Area Activator for GoodGym Bromley. Mostly runs for the train. On purpose obvs. Also helping to launch new GG areas with the central team 🚀
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