No Drain No Gain (GG Lake District Trip - Task 1)

37 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Catherine
Jacqueline Shirley
John Shirley
Michal Czekajlo
Leanne
Ed Woollard
Nicola Gover
Jenna Drury
Bec
Paul Kelly
Mitch
Debs Sharpe
Vicky Hearson
James Tilburn
Pete
Michael Leadbetter
Laura Barrett
Cara Organ
David Barrett
Hannah Leadbetter
Helen Spring
James Sandie
Neil Bushell
Laura Bennett
Matt Hobby
Paul Mead
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York

Saturday 25th January

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Catherine
Catherine

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York runner

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York runner

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Ed Woollard
Ed Woollard

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Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly

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Mitch
Mitch

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Vicky Hearson
Vicky Hearson

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Pete
Pete

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Neil Bushell
Neil Bushell

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Report written by Mitch

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As part of GoodGym's mega weekend away in the Lakes, we all volunteered at Patterdale Village School. They needed a lot of work completed to make the school tidy for the pupils.

The initial task was actually getting there. There were multiple splinter groups where some people ran whilst some people (including myself) hiked. We loved the scenery of the Lake District so much we decidede to take a scenic route and get to the task half an hour late. I did not hear of other stories from the runners, but I assume they were more punctual!

After that initial hurdle, we all got stuck in. There were so many tasks to complete, including:

  1. Clearing out a greenhouse of old dead vegetation and giving it a good clean.
  2. Digging up large amounts of weed and soil around a climbing frame, and throwing the debris into a drainage ditch (lots of fun!)
  3. Adding new meshing and wiring to the border fence (very proffessionally done!)
  4. Cleaning out a bug hotel
  5. Cleaning out a chicken coop
  6. Lopping trees of various sizes. Some of the branches were massive and required 4 of us to move!
  7. Clearing the car park of moss and debris.

Despite the fact there was so many of us (more volunteers than students), we were all busy and got to work.

See this mess I'm making, you need to clean it up - Rich

After 2 hours of solid graft, cake and a chin up competition (which Paul absolutely won!) we were left with a clean and tidy school and very happy staff. We definitely earned our trip to the pub after.



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