Root-y and Deceased

Well what a lovely evening! A fabulous 5 set out for an evening's weeding at TNG Youth Centre in Sydenham with a great bit of hill running and a (hopefully) helpful anacronym!

First up we met at The Bridge House and shared what kind of pet we'd most like to be with answers ranging from the humble cat to an owl or a squirrel! (We're a creative bunch at GG Bromley.)

We had a quick warm up before I shared my anacronym for smoother hill running, SSSKAB:

Slightly Smaller Steps - no point wasting energy on longer strides

Knees - get those knees up to prepare for the gradient

Arms - a great time to make extra use of them to power you up a slope!

Balloon - very important to remember while running generally, but definitely when running up a hill - keep your head up and don't bend forwards!

Our route to the youth centre took us up a long hill so a good opportunity to put these things into practice!

When we arrived at TNG, Trevor armed us with a bag of tools, a hoe and a funky wire brush! We got cracking on an area which Health & Safety had said needed to be sorted out, so it was great we could visit so soon. There were lots of deeply embedded weeds but our team did a fab job of rooting them out and bagging them up.

Alex took pleasure in chopping off some brambles whilst Holly spent most of the time bagging up. David was really digging deep on the weed roots and Cat found a satisfying job in scraping moss off the floor.

We were done in no time filling 5 bags and leaving them out for the council to collect.

Nice one gang!

Next week we're jogging up to The Triangle for some clothes sorting at the St Christopher's charity shop. Here's the deets.