Sweeping it under the carpet

10 GoodGym Hackney flyers ran 6k to Abney Park Cemetery and cleared 150 metres of concrete pathway to allow easy and safe access all year round to the far end of the park.

A balmy evening in Hackney brought alone a highly skilled group for the Group Run Party!!

Welcoming Tyler for her maiden run in GG colours!!

Setting off weaving our way3k to Stoke Newington and the very lush Abney Park Cemetery, steeped in history and part of the magnificent 7 London cemeteries it is amazing to partner with Hackney Parks to keep this enchanting park fit for use to enable a wide variety of uses for the park.

Heading off armed with brooms and shovels to the far corner of the park to clear the last concrete path of the year. By keeping the path clear it allows safe and frequent use of the path to encourage people to use this amazing green space.
Without it getting cleared each summer the few concrete paths get built up with debris and cause the paths to be unsafe and difficult to use.

So we swept away a long line of fallen debris, shovelling it up and letting it decompose in the undergrowth rather than build up on the pathway.

45 minutes of hard work must have turned our blood sweeter and Dharmesh was like a mosquito attraction (which was a very selfless act for everyone else!!). So we buzzed out with 150 metres of pathway cleared.

Fortunately/unfortunately were were trapped into the park with a dress rehearsal of Wind in the Willows so we got to see Ratty do his stuff for an upcoming performance!

Leaving a bit late we powered back to base with a strong running effort to round off a successful evening!!

See you next week!!

Joel