2 Tons of Sand in the Rain

Last night in the pouring rain 7 members from good gym Croydon rocked up at tunstal nursery to assist them in shifting two tons of sand into their sand pit.

The elements was against us from the start, as the sand was wet from the downpour earlier in the day and to make matters worst we only had one wheelbarrow a few buckets and some beach spades. One could say the sand along with the apparatuses available was perfect for building sand castles but it wasn’t that sort of party.

With the rain pouring down on our backs we all got stuck in trying to shift as much sand as we could. Just as we had shifted 3/4 ton of one bag the ladies at the nursery called it time as we had filled the sand pit to the level they wanted. So much for our plan of trying to group lift the remaining 1/4 ton of sand into the wheel barrow to at least completely decant one bag.

Despite the fact our run was a short one we sure we managed to get a lot of steps in due to the size of the buckets all in all although it rained we managed to get a full workout. The evidence was there to see with the members of the group who had glasses on steamed up from the heat they generated on their many trips to and from the sandpit or just blinded by the rain drops. Either way we all had a good time.

To round off the night participants of the big half was awarded with special medals by Karim, there were also special medals for our supporting members too.

Next week we’ll be heading over to Parkhill to work on the community mural, calling all you painters and want to be painters sign up here it’s going to be a colourful one.