13 ran to Chelmsford Chess to tidy the garden in their new building

Chelmsford 'Churches homeless emergency support scheme' have a new building they use as offices and will be using for those who need rooms to stay in for a while. The building had been neglected for a while so there is a lot of work needed both inside and out to get this project up to speed so that it can be used.

Whilst they are waiting for some structural work to be completed and some permission to be granted for further improvements, we decided to begin with the garden to the front of the house. This space was wild and overgrown and the perfect job for Goodgym to get stuck into.

Rain had been threatened and duly delivered, generously maintaining a steady soaking throughout the task and accompanying run.

Once at CHESS we met Foggy a horticulturalist who helped highlight any plants that were to be kept and suggested the areas we could clear. As usual we set to the task enthusiastically, possibly in an attempt to keep warm, and in no time the front bed was looking clear and weed free. We cleared the bed to the left of the house (as you look at it) and others tackled some of the bigger shrubs and trees making good headway in removing some of the more stubborn roots.

Once we had made an impact on the garden we tidied up, paused for a photo and headed off on a loop finishing on a run through the park from meteor way. a nice 5k in total and we were home if not yet dry!

I hope everyone managed to get home and warm and dry fairly quickly. more details about next week will be up soon and details on the Saturday session helping set up for the walk for life will also be added this morning! it would be great to have a few of you along if possible.