Bournemouth

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Tonnes of Fun

4 GoodGymers made their way 10.3km to help the Bishop Aldhelm's C.E. V.A. Primary School in Bournemouth.

  • Bournemouth runner
  • Laura
  • Sarah
  • Bournemouth runner
 
Tuesday, 14th of September 2021
 
Led by Bournemouth runner

This week our good deed was to go and help out Paul at Bishop Aldhelm's Primary School fill some planters with soil that had been delivered.

Marianne, Sarah, Laura and myself met up at Flirt Cafe dodging some loud and intoxicated locals and aiming to start our 6km run through the gardens.

On our walk and catch up, we were talking about how we were feeling and Marianne said she felt like a fat sausage....and hey presto she found a £10 note on the ground!! What a start!!

Laura had decided that although she had a netball game in the evening that a quick run and soil shifting mission was doable...we'll have to ask her today how that netball game went.

We jogged up through the gardens chatting along and enjoying the evening sunshine, with barely any people out and about.

As always Paul was outside the school ready to clap us in on arrival and welcoming us with a big smile.

They had been given 5 tonnes of soil and our job was to fill as many boxes as possible and then empty these into the planters...let's see how much we could get done in an hour!

Off we went, trying to come up with the most efficient way of doing things without anyone overdoing it.

We got into a rhythm and although it looked like a tall ask, we managed to shift two tonnes of soil in an hour, which meant that we emptied two massive bags and filled two of the planters.

Pretty impressive stuff for 5 of us....one feeling like a fat sausage...the other with a netball game still to come, another having spent the day working indoors and the other having run a 10k in the morning already. Man we are badass!!!

We took some snaps and set off running back through the gardens trying to get Laura back in time for her netball game!

We set off in different directions...just a little bit more tired than when we started but feeling much better for having spent time together and having helped someone out.

Another good deed and another lovely evening with lovely people!!

Next week we are doing good on Wednesday!

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