Windsor and Maidenhead

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Don’t Rock The Boat

6 GoodGymers made their way to help their local community in Windsor and Maidenhead.

  • Mandy Driver
  • Caroline Bradley
  • Rebekah Patterson
  • Didem Campion
  • Slough runner
  • Sue
 
Thursday, 18th of April 2024
 
Led by Mandy Driver

Thursday 6:15pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! πŸ‘‘πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ

Tonight we were helping The Windsor Boys’ School Boat Club filling potholes along the track and cutting some plants back. The track is used to transport the rowing boats on trailers from their storage areas to the river and potholes can cause damage to the boats.

Bekah and Mandy ran to meet the walkers - Caroline, Didem and Sue at Sutherland Grange and Adam met us at the task.

Ryan our Cox for the evening was at the ready with spades, shovels, rakes, lots of rocks/gravel/stones and some gardening equipment.

Mandy put the noughties dance tunes on the radio . Adam took possession of the wheelbarrow. Sue’s eyes lit up when she heard the word pruning and she was happily lost in the jungle 🌿 for a majority of the session. The rest of the crew grabbed a spade and launched into hunting for holes πŸ•³οΈ and fill with gravel. We made our way from the entrance up the track to the river. Each filled pothole needed stomping down and raking over to get a good level surface. There was a bit of shuttle walking/running going on as we had to get the gravel from the pile and take it to the holes. Lots of exercise for all the group tonight and a lovely view of the Thames and some rowers. Looking back at the completed track was hole- y ful- filling. We had to drag Sue away from the shrubs ( she’s hardcore!) as it was time for our end of session curtsy.

On the way back we waved at a stranger πŸ‘‹πŸ» thinking it was Adam 🀣 the poor man though we were potty πŸ˜‚

We said our goodbyes and made our way home.

Thank you all as always Windsor GGs πŸ‘‘ β™₯οΈπŸ‘πŸ»

Report written by Mandy Driver


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Amy L
Amy L
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Friday April 19th, 2024 18:30

You are potty but you’re also awesome! Great work crew πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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