Bristol

Group run

A set of jump deeds gets the garden started

29 GoodGymers made their way 2.0km to help their local community in Bristol.

  • Bristol runner
  • Christopher Lewis
  • Caroline
  • Sarah Hunt
  • Nick Baker
  • Paul Becker
  • Danica Priest
  • David Head
  • Lisa Elliott
  • Bristol runner
  • Melanie Young
  • Bristol runner
  • Hannah Wedge
  • Bristol runner
  • Nick Smith-Baker
  • Emma R
  • Paul Redmond
  • Fiona Lewis
  • Kerry
  • Bristol runner
  • Julie M
  • Amato
  • Zdeni Cervena
  • Russ Cahill
  • Matthew Beamish
  • Claire Settre
  • Kate Whalley
  • Ellie Harrison
  • Bristol runner
 
Saturday, 12th of January 2019
 
Led by Paul Becker
he/him

Lots of people today - attracted both by the propect of helping establish a brand new community garden and just possibly also by a very manageable 1k run to get there.

The community garden is to be located in the open patch of land behind a block of flats and is the joint project of one of the residents and our host for today, Jane from Jump Start. Jane runs a fitness session for kids in the space and was keen to get them involved them in the work today - they seemed to be having lots of fun carrying roots and branches to the compost pile, and having a go with some of the tools!

That's not to say there wasn't fun to be had for our runners - with spades, pick axes and rakes supplied by the excellent Park Works project, we made great progress clearing a wide band of land around the newly sited benches so it could be used for planting and be a welcoming place for some of the parents and more elderly residents to hang out for a bit of a chat.

With almost 30 of us working we made great progress and we're hoping to get back and continue working on the space later in the Spring so it will be fun to watch the project develop.

With such a short run it was great to have Danica step up and volunteer to lead a longer run back and there seemed to be plenty of folks who were happy to join her. Thanks Danica - and well done to all of you for taking on Constitution Hill and the Zig Zag on the way back to base.

Thanks also to Danica and Matthew for back marking today, to Fi for helping me carry a few tools and Paul for services to health and safety.

Report written by Paul Becker


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GoodGymers helping out
  • Back markers

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Danica Priest
    • Matthew Beamish
  • Photographer

    Take photos for the session report

    • Danica Priest
  • Walk Leaders

    Lead a walking group to the task

    • Bristol runner
    • Melanie Young
    • Fiona Lewis

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