Aaron's brush with death

6 Goodgymers helped their local community in Bath
Meyrick Williams
Jane Flynn
Emily Kitson
Jer Boon
Aaron Carrington
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Bath

Wednesday 18th August 2021

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We pootled along to one of our favourite venues - the Quaker Burial Ground in Widcombe - to give the garden some TLC.

We've been here a few times earlier in the year, and it was lovely to see some of the bits we've already worked on in full bloom.

Today we handled a few bits of light maintenance, which was perfect for a sunny summer's evening. Our tasks, in no particular order:

  • Jer (height advantage) climbed a tree to refill a bird feeder
  • Meyrick (power* tools!) did some powered lawn edging
  • Aaron (leave me alone) collected up some leaves from some of the memorial stones, and then gave them a sweep (cf: report title) to properly spruce them up
  • Max and Jane (attention to small detail) harvested some wild flowers and set about collecting up their seeds for future use.
  • Emily and Jer (bouldering team) climbed up the perimeter wall to trim the top of the neighbour's ivy
  • Meyrick and Aaron (ball, but no bat) finished up with a game of imaginary cricket, or something...

*N.B. It was a very small battery-powered lawn trimmer, nothing like a chainsaw or anything like that, which we definitely don't do at GoodGym!


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Bath Quakers' Burial Garden
Restoring an historic burial ground/garden

We are restoring a burial garden/ ground which has been located in Widcombe, Bath since the 1830s. The burial ground is no longer used for burials but there are still occasional scatterings of ashes. The garden had become very overgrown so we are restoring the borders and in the process uncovering hidden memorial stones. We are also creating a new wildflower patch and hope to encourage more wildlife to the garden. We would like to open up this beautiful space for quiet meditation and reflection not just by Quakers but the local community.

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