68 GoodGymers have supported Stepney Bank Stables with 28 tasks.
Monday 17th February
Written by Newcastle runner
Welcome Anjali to your first goodgym mission.
Anjali and I got to work on sorting the riding boots, Anna sorted the riding hats and Scott, Aimee and Max sorted the riding lanes.
We all came together at the end to sweep the stable paths.
During tonights photography shoot, a hat was temporarily stolen. The hat was soon retrieved directly from the culprit.
Photo credits go to Aimee and Anna.
Have a good week everyone!
Monday 27th January
Written by Paula (She/her)
Tonight's task was a special one! Back to Stepney Bank Stables and our fabulous host had some great tasks for us including cleaning the bridles, grooming and massaging the horses, preparing snacks for their supper and giving their home an early spring clean. Pampered ponies - you wouldn't get a better, more relaxing, spa experience at a Champneys!
We had 3 new people tonight - Weronika, Iline and Elena joined us for their first ever mission and Tom made the switch from Greenwich to Newcastle, joining us for his first Toon-based task! It was great to welcome so many new people.
Special shout out to Tom, Jack and David who got themselves ready for their close up with ITV news who were filming us tonight - fingers crossed our fellas get their 15 minutes!
Monday 20th January
Written by Paula (She/her)
Blue Monday? Not for these GoodGymmers!
Today's task involved another trip to our Ouseburn homebase to help out at Stepney Bank Stables. This time we were in for a bit of early Spring cleaning and divided into two teams to tackle the tasks!
Scott and I were on Team Cobweb and we needed some real elbow grease to get the safety gates looking fresh! Scott taking some before and afters and really giving those webs what for!
And as for Team Quadbike, they got to work on levelling out the mosh pit that had appeared to keep the lovely Stepney steeds safe. To finish off the job, Aimee and Max took turns on the quadbike - total pros! And thanks to Aimee for the pics of a few of our lovely hosts!
Always a great session at Stepney and a really satisfying task!
Saturday 11th January
Written by Anji Andrews (she/her)
Alas a big beginners session that was neither big nor featured any beginners! This one truly hung in the balance again today as we continue the cold snap and battle through January but four of us layered up and kept the good vibes coming.
It feels like a while since we were last at the fabulous Stepney Bank Stables and amazingly after so many times helping out here, today we were given a task we have never done before. I am glad we were all sufficiently wrapped up as today's job was outside in the container- basically like being in a big fridge in the car park.
After saying hello to the horses including super cute Sid and Sam, we got cracking with the task: weighing out and bagging feed using the two large (and fragrant) hay bales. It took us a little while to get into stride, checking the amount needed for each horse, bagging up, weighing, adjusting, weighing again. It was a really physical one today, easily the equivalent of about 100 sit ups and squats.
With about five minutes to spare, I remembered we also needed to log a litter pick to continue the relay, so I dashed off and cleared the entrance to the Stables car park too. Phew!
Monday 18th November 2024
Written by Damu
A big warm welcome to Stefani on her first Goodgym session.
We were tasked with an old favourite of ours, giving the arena a big 'ol spruce up. This involves getting rid of cobwebs, dusting down barriers, and having a ride on the EV, much to Jacks delight!
Once we were finished up there, we had a quick love in with the horses, before cleaning out their grooming bags.
We rounded off a lovely evening by having a group photo with the deliciously cute pony, who was the mane attraction for sure!
Monday 30th September 2024
Written by Damu
Firstly, a big welcome to Lauryna on her first Goodgym session.
After a couple of weeks away in our second home, we were back at Stepney Bank Stables base and were tasked with freshing up the bedding for our hoofed friends.
We didn't have any time to horse around as we had to fill up a few wheelbarrows full of hay from the top stables all the way down to the bottom one.
A few of the horses were over the bale with excitement when they heard us approaching, which made it interesting when we had to get in with them to deliver their fresh ware.
After a quick reload of fresh stuff, and making sure the top stables were all spruced up, we dropped off the last of the new ground cover (which Bob the horse took great pleasure in doing his custom wee on!). And hopefully we will have straw-ted out a good night's sleep for our equine pals!
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