Swindon

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Annette and the Pickers

10 GoodGymers made their way to help the Swindon Borough Council in Swindon.

  • Paul Bonner
  • Becky Moylett
  • Mike Oakes
  • STUART KINGSLEY
  • Kay Scarrott
  • Teresa Sugden
  • Swindon runner
  • Alethia Reid
  • Simon Sperring
  • Tracey C
 
Monday, 13th of July 2020
 
Led by Paul Bonner

The Park Wardens at Lydiard do a great job of keeping on top of the rubbish left by park users but after a busy hot weekend they were happy for us to help out.

We met a new member Annette - previously known as Tracey who had spotted a lot of litter on her weekend run past the lake and had come prepared with net in hand to tackle it ef-fish-iently. With the help of Safety First Simon to prevent accidental swimming.

Paul and Stuart took on the car park and were nearly run over by an exuberant 3-year-old on a bicycle who proceeded to steal the picker and take over. No word of an Eli. Top find was a plastic stingray by the lake.

It was great to see Alethia turn up, unbeknown to the run leader she had already cracked on with cleaning round the cafe with Teresa.

Not too sure where the others got to after heading down the dip and in to the woods, but they came back with bags of rubbish so success! Top find was a 2012 crisp packet.

Report written by Paul Bonner


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Emma Sperring
Emma Sperring
Saturday July 18th, 2020 14:16

Sounds like a great evening - thanks for leading Paul 😊

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Paul Bonner
Led by Paul Bonner

Parkrunner, Bassett Hound, and a Dr of Chemistry.

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