My first GoodGym

*Today, 8 runners went to Surrey Docks Farm to do some digging and lay some woodchip for their Plot to Shop project, where adults with learning disabilities grow fruit and vegetables for the farm shop. As today is the day of Earth Hour, it was exciting to support a project that doesn't just teach people about nature, but give them the opportunity to learn skills that enable them to really engage with nature too.*

Surrey Docks Farm is a working community farm in London that engages local people to learn about farming and food provenance, and GoodGym runners have been able to help out there a few times already and always enjoy lending a hand.

Some of us had snuck in a sneaky parkrun at Southwark Park beforehand, others had joined in having seen social media about Earth hour. In any case, we enjoyed meeting Rachel at the farm who gave us our task; levelling and then woodchipping paths around the raised beds used for the Plot to Shop project. This would help maintain the beds, and make things safer for those using the space in coming months.

The group enjoyed working away at that, while also digging a trench to house and protect a water pipe - some of the runners wanted even more of an upper body workout and tidied up a large pile of wood so it's safely out of the way. One 🦊 jumped out of the pile at one point, I think we might have given him a little surprise!

Once the task was wrapped up, we headed off (and took our time to see some of the animals on our way). Thanks to all at the the farm for having us!

What happened to "Chip time" 😂

First time two community mission reports happened at same time, missed my golden opportunity 😂