Set Flyer to the Rain

Tonight's objective was to deliver leaflets for Helpful Peeps and in doing so to break the previous documented GG Bristol record of 1000 leaflets set in 10 minutes flat for the same organisation a couple of months ago.

Helpful Peeps is a local startup that aims to create an online community where the members 'pay it forward'; offering their skills and knowledge for free to help others. They're good friends of GG Bristol having given us a couple of mission leads in the past. They were even featured on the local news this week.

GG Bristol you are the best!

With a record up for grabs it was encouraging to see 15+ sign-ups by lunch time. When the drizzle started at 1pm it was nice to see that grow to almost 20. But as the heavens opened and the rain properly set in just an hour or two before the run it was just incredible to see the number GROW once again to reach 22.

The conditions tonight were quite frankly awful and the fact that everyone rocked up and got stuck in, smiling and joking as they did so is why GG Bristol is such a special place to be.

Welcome!

We even had new Bristol members. Tilly, Nina and Maria take a well deserved bow (and give them a cheer!). I promise that (apart from tonight) it never ever rains at Goodgym and it will be great to see all you again in sunnier conditions soon.

Also kudos to Kait, coming along on her second run just days after her first outing on Saturday. So great to see all you new people - I hope you'll enjoy being part of our Bristol family for many deeds to come.

Team Efforts

As to the task, well each person was give a plastic wallet containg 200 leaflets and asked to team up with 3 or 4 others to distribute these leaflets in accordance with the team map. The idea was that in addition to the record attempt we would have a team competition where we would count up the remaining leaflets and find the team who delivered the most leaflets per person per minute. In the end it turned out to be a challenge just to keep the leaflet dry long enough to make it from the wallet into the letterbox and after a solid 40 minutes of working hard in our respective teams the remaining leaflets seemed to end up in one large pile so I think we will re-visit the team competition another day.

Massive respect to all the teams - you did Bristol proud today.

Kingsdown Massive - Tom, Dom, David, Cristian

Cotham Peaks - Matt, Ceri, Maria, Caroline

Crofters - Alice, Clo, Emma, Kait

St Pauls Pioneers - Gary, Nina, Charlie, Nik

Cotham Slopes - Mel, Darren, Richard, Tilli, Mair

Record Breaker?

And the record? Well, the final count is yet to be completed - I will update the report (and twitter) when I have the number!

Finally, credit to Richard for the pun (sorry I don't know my Adele!) and to Cristian for some of the photos. Thanks chaps!