Tuesday 14th May 2019
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Report written by Shona Buchanan
Welcome to Sophie, Diane, Ellie and Chris who joined us for their first GoodGym Bristol Group Runs tonight!
We quickly split up into two groups. Patrick led The Hardcores on an 8 kilometre return trip to Easton Community Garden. They set a speedy pace and made it out there and back in time to leave 25 minutes to get through all of the tasks Nat had set them including weeding all of the bark at the Community Garden to help it stay strong. According to Nat, you guys were
an awesome bundle of energy and loveliness and got the jobs done at lightning speed! ๐
Meanwhile...
A sea(gul)l of a-poo-val
The rest of us set off on a 6 kilometre trip to St Werburgh's Community Centre. Alice was deemed the luckiest of us all on the way as 26 of us dodged a seagull's toilet trip and it landed right down her (previously beautifully clean) GoodGym t-shirt. Alice wasn't sure she agreed on how lucky she felt...
When we arrived at the Centre we were diverted while they set up and we got the chance to fit in a fitness session before we got started on the task (Alice's luck was obviously rubbing off on the whole group). We split into two teams to play circuits Cat and Mouse. Well done to the Cats who caught their Mice, while the other group were remaining equal despite some questionable counting and corner cutting going on.
We got back to the Centre and split into two groups: a team headed out in the evening sun to deliver some Helpful Peeps leaflets to the local area. Another team tackled the outdoor area of the Centre to dig up, brush up and bag up all the remaining rubber pieces from around the play area and give everywhere a good tidy-up. In just 15 minutes the place looked a lot better!
We headed back to base to feast on Claire's super delicious belated 50th Good Deed celebration cakes in the remaining sunshine. Credit to Matt for the pun!
Easton Community Garden is open to anyone who would like to grow vegetables, fruit and herbs in a beautiful, quiet corner of Easton / Whitehall in Bristol. We encourage wildlife and use natural growing methods. You donโt need to know anything about gardening to come and join us, we all learn together and look it up in a book if we are not sure. We meet to work on the garden every Thursday throughout the year from 11am. There is no membership, no cost and you donโt have to commit to anything, just come when you can, but we hope it will be often. We are a sociable group, stop for tea in the shelter and share a vegetarian picnic lunch. At the end of the day we share out whatever harvest is ready to take home.
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I think I have just found my new GG profile photo!
Tue 14th May 2019 at 10:53pm
Please do, I love it!!
Tue 14th May 2019 at 10:55pm
No, really, please do use that photo! ๐
Tue 14th May 2019 at 11:25pm
Thatโs the last time I pose for a picture for Patrick, he never gets them uploaded in time and Iโm sure heโs just keeping them for personal use! ๐
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Our local community farm is tidier for the enjoyment of all