Anwen Greenaway

GoodGym Oxford

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Bethan Greenaway
Alice
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Charlie Vincent
Anwen Greenaway
Ellie Evans

Tarting up the triangle

Wednesday 1st October

Written by Bethan Greenaway

This evening we returned to the Orchard Triangle. We have a long history with this space, having helped plant and maintain the trees and done lots of weeding and clearing over the past few years.

Over the summer the grass around the fruit trees has got rather long, brambles have started to creep in and some large branches needed chopping and clearing.

Armed with a variety of tools and our usual can-do attitude we cracked on and left the space looking a lot tidier by the end.

A few of us then trotted off into the dusky evening for our post task run, head torches were a must, autumn has certainly arrived.

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Andy
Fred Collman
Henry Gibson
Emma
Katie Fellows
Becky

Of course we won!

Tuesday 30th September

Written by Emma

After a summer hiatus we were back to quizzing at the old favourite, The Rickety Press. 6 of us tackled celebrity autographs, hidden connections, a worrying number of Geography questions, and the inevitable music round. There was only half a point between us and one other team right from the beginning, but we managed to pip them to the post.

As mentioned before, I am stepping back from organising these quizzes now, so anyone else who wants a go - feel free!

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Katie Fellows
Vicky Arnold
Bethan Greenaway
Anwen Greenaway
Ellie Evans
Becky

Hi hoe, hi hoe

Wednesday 24th September

Written by Anwen Greenaway

In a race against the sunset we headed to Aston's Eyot for a last evening scything session of the year.

The Friends of Aston's Eyot are creating a new meadow area, so the task this evening was to continue to prepare the area for wild flower seeds. We scythed and raked nettles from the perimeter, bashed in 3 fence posts (it needs fencing so the deer don't eat everything), hoed away unwanted seedlings which were popping up, and collected up a vast amount of broken glass. Aston's Eyot used to be a rubbish dump, so there is a huge amount of Victorian glass just below the surface.

Well done on reaching 50 Good Deeds Laura!

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Book delivery for Mrs H no.51

Sunday 21st September

Written by Julia

This week I did the book delivery on a Sunday as Mrs H had an appointment on the Saturday. It was a nice bright day and Mrs H was pleased to see the sun shining. She enjoyed the books.

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Henry Gibson
Anja
Katie Fellows
Bethan Greenaway
Ellie Evans

Chip chop

Wednesday 17th September

Written by Bethan Greenaway

This evening we returned to St. Nicholas' Primary School to continue the sprucing up of their garden and Forest School area.

Weeds have started to poke their way through some of the weed matting and brambles are creeping over the fence line. Bramble prickles and primary school children are not a good combination!

Armed with loppers, choppers and sturdy gloves we set to work, with one eye on the light - the evenings really are getting darker as autumn plods along.

After an hour and a bit the space was looking a lot neater and we all trotted off for our evening exercise!

Welcome to Goodgym Laura, so lovely to meet you!

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Ben Gremson
Vicky Arnold
Sarah
Bethan Greenaway
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Ellie Evans

Raining cats, dogs and all other domestic animals

Wednesday 10th September

Written by Bethan Greenaway

MY GOODNESS WHAT WAS THAT WEATHER?!?!?!?

Extra kudos, pats on the back and gold stars to all who came to Hogacre this evening.

This evening moved boxes of manure over that railway bridge, spread the aforementioned manure in various fruit and veg beds, ferried hay from the recently mown meadow, picked apples, and tackled brambles. ALL IN THE HAMMERING RAIN.

No one drowned.....

Well done everyone, and welcome to Goodgym Alice and Jen!! We hope the next session you come to will be a tad drier.....

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