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Concrete job, or is this metal?

6 GoodGymers made their way to help the Friends of New Walk and Fishergate, Fulford and Heslington Local History Society in York.

  • Michal Czekajlo
  • York runner
  • Debs Sharpe
  • Michael Leadbetter
  • James Sandie
  • Ellie
 
Friday, 16th of April 2021
 
Led by Michal Czekajlo

Early arrivals observed the first team at work from the distance and found it very therapeutic.

As the first six red t-shirts were leaving we only had time for a quick shout 'hi', a wave and a very brief distanced handover.

The task ahead of us was to uncover the rest of the historic railway tracks (read the full historical study here), create a channel for the rain/flood water to drain, make edges of the dig less steep to remove trip hazards and tidy up the area after our counterparts.

Our excavation uncovered an interesting metal structure connected to the railway tracks and a rather large area of concrete around it and extending further under the grass.

What is this? Is this the… I think its metal…

After 50 minutes of honest labour we asked the task owner if he was happy with the results. Guess what he said!

You have made a fantastic effort. We wouldn’t be able to achieve that without your help - Chris

Everyone felt sense of achievement and found this task really rewarding.

As Rich stated in this report we are likely to be doing it all over again in the future.

Report written by Michal Czekajlo


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