Ipswich

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A Treemendously Moving Experience

11 GoodGymers made their way 2.0km to help the Eden Rose Coppice Trust in Ipswich.

  • Ipswich runner
  • Robin Harper
  • Eleanor Redgrave
  • Kerry Buckley
  • Tom Selby
  • Lizzie Hicks
  • Keith Borrett
  • Alex
  • Ipswich runner
  • Laura Howarth
  • Richard Fryatt
 
Monday, 17th of February 2020
 
Led by Ipswich runner

We started by celebrating Daniela's 50th good deed achieved during the Community Mission at Ranelagh School on Saturday..... it's taken a few weeks to get over the line but another GG Ipswich black shirt achieved - Congratulations!

We also welcomed Laura along as a visitor to Ipswich from Tower Hamlets. Hope you enjoyed the evening and we may see you again.

Our task destination is one of the closest to our base so we incorporated some relay intervals into the short run up to Brickmakers Wood, where Rob greeted the team and set out the jobs he wanted us to do.

The main chore was to clear some rubbish into a skip and move a mound of logs (as a result of tree felling) from outside into the warehouse and pile them neatly. They also need some fire wood sawn and bagged ready for selling to raise funds. Alongside this was some generally tidying the area for a visit for University students tomorrow.

As usual the gang got stuck in enthusiastically with wheel barrows, loaded with logs flying to & fro. The massive pile of elm logs reducing outside and stacking inside, while in another area Daniela, Laura and Eleanor were sawing furiously to create bags of firewood.

Finally there was lots of gentle sweeping up (trying not to cause excessive dust!). Once again we managed to achieve a huge amount in a short time - helping out at Brickmakers is always satisfying and it feels great to be able to help such a wonderful charity.

We then headed off to the floodlit grounds of Suffolk College for a team relay with runs or jumps based on a pack of cards before heading to the pub to mark Daniela's mile stone with cake!

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Ian Duggan
Led by Ian Duggan

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GoodGymers helping out
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    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Tom Selby
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