Hounslow

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Fast & Oblivious

9 GoodGymers made their way to help their local community in Hounslow.

  • Michelle
  • Luis
  • Jon Scott-Francis
  • Leticia Bessel
  • Alan Armstrong
  • Hounslow runner
  • Ishan Bhatia
  • Kash
  • Hammersmith and Fulham runner
 
Wednesday, 23rd of November 2022
 
Led by Anastasia Hancock
she/her

It was a dry, not-so-cold night when four GoodGymers gathered by the Chiswick Town Hall to plan their scheme: how to get inside the Strand on the Green Infant School site. Luis knew the way and set an astonishing pace. Michelle, Alan and Kash could barely keep up with him. We don't know what Luis had taken before the run - he seemed to have no recollection of it either - a sign of memory loss side effect of the substance.

When the notorious four, chased by Divya on the bike, reached the school gate, they encountered a trio waiting at the gate: Remy, Tish and Ishan. Tish used her forecasting skills to guess the secret code to open the gate. Once inside, Michelle immediately spotted a shiny one-wheeler - a wheelbarrow! We all know what she was after! Together with Tish, who was the boss tonight, they pointed the team to the deceptive tasks: sweeping the leaves off the road and distributing woodchips to cover their traces.

The gang was soon joined by Chris and Jon. At that point, we were not sure if we had more people than brooms! The job was done and dusted in no time. We cleared the road of leaves, gathered several bags of them and scattered the woodchips around a tiny woven house for kids. We must have been so swift because of the mysterious stuff Luis brought - but of course, no one could remember taking that! Michelle even forgot to steal her dream wheelbarrow ride and had to run home on foot.

As usual, we couldn't do anything else than good! We left the outside area around the Strand on the Green Infant School safe, orderly and beautiful for the children to enjoy. The power good has prevailed once more! And all wheelbarrows have been left safely on the premises.

Report written by Kash


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Anastasia Hancock
Anastasia Hancock
she/her
Thursday November 24th, 2022 11:26

Haha, good to see that the wheelbarrows were safe!

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