When all's bed and done

A great turn out today, with some new Saturday faces and plenty of our participants having run across from the inaugural Eastville park run - where it sounds like things went really well and Liam completed his first ever park run - well done Liam!

A second visit to the new Bristol YMCA in the space of a week meant that we could continue to help prepare the dormitories for their future guests in this innovative project that mixes paying guests and young homeless people to create a non-judgemental and non-stigmatising environment that is hopefully conducive to a future life off of the streets.

This project has a hd a lot going for it but it certainly can't be described as a challenging run from our start point, so after a warm-up we took the long way round taking in Castle Park for a bit of a running train - meticulously planned so everyone could have a go at driving!

On arrival at the hostel, Ben explained that having moved the bed frames from the ground floor, it was now time to distribute them around the dormitories and ... if there was time ... put some together! It was at this point that we discovered there were in fact 2 extra floors to the hostel beyond the ones we had visited on Tuesday - but we soon had the various frames, ladders and side sections in place and just as Ben had promised we were let loose on their construction.

With all the weeding and bramble clearing that goes on at Goodgym, its not that often that we have the chance to create as opposed to destroy so everyone seemed to enjoy this rare opporunity and a great many beds had been constructed by the time we had to leave - expecially with Sarah and Flo having joined us to help out as well.

Thanks for coming everyone, it was great to help Ben out again - and a very warm welcome to Emma for her first GG Bristol run today!