Dene ‘n’ Dusted…

5 Goodgymers helped their local community in Newcastle
Phillip English
Seb Gethin
Debbie English
Tanya Johnson
Liz Bennett
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Newcastle

Saturday 21st May 2022

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…edged, shovelled, and cleared.

Five GoodGymers (and Andrew) set out to work their magic (ably assisted, of course, by Mike & Maddie from Urban Green 😊) to transform the Jesmond Dene parkrun route.

Two hours of back breaking work and a large stretch of the route was suddenly at least a couple of feet wider.

Impressed? You should be as 3 of us had done the “all uphill for the first half of the route” parkrun first. Kudos to Phil, Deb and Tanya - what a trio!

And hats off to Seb and myself for patiently listening to the retelling of every gruelling step 😊😊! (Only joking Phil, Deb & Tanya – we were both seriously impressed and somewhat in awe.)

Congrats to everyone for great team work this morning – we achieved more than Mike & Maddie thought possible – and any resemblance to a criminal chain gang (see the photos) was purely accidental!


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Urban Green Newcastle
Breathing life into our parks and allotments

There’s a greener side to our city. A vibrant, more open side. It should be celebrated, Nurtured, Enjoyed by everyone. Our allotments and parks are the lungs of our city. We’re here to breathe new life into them. We are Urban Green Newcastle.

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