Broom with a view

We had a brand new task this evening, with a slightly longer than usual route planned, to Providence Row, a charity that tackle the root causes of homelessness to help people off the streets.

With a long run ahead of us we had a very quick introduction, where we welcomed our two new runners Lizzie and Becca (give them a cheer for coming to their first group run!), heard about the Free GoodGym Long Run and the social in Penge. We did a quick warm up and spoke about all the wonderful things that Spring brings to London and then headed off down the Thames.

After dodging lots of commuters, we made it to Providence Row in quick time, and met Olivia there who showed us up to the roof garden. It was up lots of flights of stairs, so we got a good leg workout en route, and were rewarded with a view of some of the city and a lovely looking roof garden. They use their roof garden to grow food that they use in their kitchen to teach their kitchen apprentices how to cook. The garden is being displayed in a garden show soon, so our task was to scrub away the moss on the deck, to make it look as lovely as possible! We grabbed our handbrushes and brooms and got stuck straight in.

Whilst working Michael thought of not just one, but two puns for the run report, so I had decide between the two and we hope you like it!

We stayed for about 45 minutes, incorporating our fitness session into the task as it was such a good arm workout! We finished scrubbing the moss from one big area of the garden, but may have to go back another time to finish the job in some of the other areas. We waved goodbye to Olivia and made our way back to King's to do some stretches and talk about next week's task. We are heading back to Providence Row to give their art room a good clean and tidy. You can sign up here.