Warm Windy Wander in Walthamstow

6 Goodgymers helped their local community in Waltham Forest
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Waltham Forest

Wednesday 16th February 2022

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Super mild evening jogging around and weeding!

We all met up at Greenleaf Rd with a bit of a pre-run catch up. It was lovely to welcome Matthew back after work and child-duties have been keeping him away for a while! Great to see you back Matthew!:)

We started with a warm-up and then had an easy jog of aproximately 2.3km to St Peters. On arrival we were looking out for Ama and were a little bit worried she wasn't there but it turns out Ama let me know well in advance, if only I checked my emails:)

Our task today was pulling off ivy off gravestones - that ivy was gripped very strongly and it can really damage the gravestones! We picked a little area at the back and had an enjoyable 30-40mins bantering away and clearing the gravestones. In all that jolly I forgot to take the photos of the group so I improvised - what do you reckon?;)

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The jog back was also really nice as the weather continued to be really mild and rain-free. We got to the church and had a thorough stretch down, including a 'controversial' behind the back arm stretch - come along next time to find out what it is!:)

Don't forget to sign up to next week's gardening task and a post-weeding social!


This task supported
St Peter-in-the-Forest Community Centre & Church
A place to bring local communities together and improve natural environment for wildlife

Since November 2019, we have been in rebuild mode. We were blessed to receive a large grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund of money raised from National Lottery players right across the country. This will help renovate and reorder our church building as part of our major five-year activity plan. When the dust settles we are not going to slow down: our church will become a busy centre for community arts, community gardening, community cooking, and community history. Whoever you are and whatever your story is, you will find a place with us in our corner of Epping Forest.

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Ruby Daly
Matthew Hancox
Tony
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