Wreath the pressure

Last night 5 GoodGymer's ran to Sprowston Community Centre. (Sprow) as in Crow!

Meeting at the Brickmakers Arms, Elizabeth, Stephen and myself ran 2km to the task on a dry and mild evening. Once we got to the Community Centre we met GoodGym regulars Katy & Bill who had brought along some tasty snacks (chocolate log) and a warm homemade spiced apple drink!

Mike, the task owner described the task - to help make Christmas Wreaths, and gave us a quick demonstration of how to do it. Starting with a circular wire frame, we were instructed to overlap varying branches of garrya, conifer & holly around 30cm in length. We were each given a wire reel to attach everything together. As Katy put - It doesn’t have to be tidy! And once the foliage was tied in we were able to add in ribbon, cones and baubles.

I thought the task looked quite therapeutic, however Elizabeth & Bill thought it was stressful! Katy’s tip to go for 'big bunches' (it goes quicker) meant we were able to create 7 wreaths in total during the hour-long session. Once finished, Mike told us the wreaths would be sold locally for £4 and can be kept for up to 2 weeks!

All that was left was a group photo, before Stephen and I completed the return 2km back to the start.