Greenwich

Group run

The golden gilded age

14 GoodGymers made their way 5.1km to help the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre in Greenwich.

  • Alex Murtough
  • Steve Murtough
  • Andy Waterhouse
  • Brin
  • Kerry
  • Greenwich runner
  • Sarah Hornsey
  • Chan HAHA
  • Greenwich runner
  • Lucy Bent
  • Greenwich runner
  • Zeb Burnham
  • Removed User
  • Greenwich runner
 
Wednesday, 11th of January 2023
 
Led by Sara Brimble

Wowee, Wednesday night saw it all! One of our largest turn outs this year, and two new faces joining our ranks - well done Franki and Yuliia on your first group run. We had a lovely task ahead of us in our favourite location, but before we headed to the task we quickly went around and discovered how we would fight our enemies. A lot of the team chose ways that would bore their enemies and an overall preference for using their special talents. Great to see a lack of violence other than my mind when thinking up the ice breaker.

Following a juicy little warm up we headed off through Charlton. We wound our way through the residential streets onto the bike path that takes us straight to the side entrance. The back half of the group did get disconnected but, I, your brave leader journeyed back to reconcile the two groups and lead us into the warmth of the Maritime Museum's Collection Center.

Matt greeted us and showed us the purpose of our task, which was to take down ceiling tiles, which then the golden age group would "gild". The tiles came from a special room in a separate building, where the records and archives are stored. The tiles are part of a room for discovery for younger visitors. The task was large and we started a chain, but not before intellectually planning how we would identify the panels and their homes in the roof. The time passed very quickly and all of a sudden it was time to head back to Charlton House.

The group managed to stick together this time and we got back with time for a good stretch and a chat. See you all next time folks, keep plugging away at the good deeds as we are in close contention with our group for the January Challenge!

Report written by Sara Brimble


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Sara Brimble
Led by Sara Brimble

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    • Andy Waterhouse
    • Alex Murtough

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Charlton House - Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust

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