Bristol

Community mission

forking pipeworks - what a hol-ey good time!

8 GoodGymers made their way to help the The Haven in Bristol.

  • Laura
  • Bristol runner
  • Tim
  • Julie M
  • Deya Ward
  • Russ Cahill
  • Steve Hardy
  • Corrie Clough
 
Saturday, 16th of October 2021
 
Led by Bristol runner

Eight runner set out for another mission at the Haven. This place is truly magical... nicely tucked away in the depth of clay bottom, the allotment is hard to find, even for people who have been there many many times (myself included)...

Tim and newest goodgym recruit Deya got so lost that a stranger gave them some bananas and kindly pointed them in the right direction. Once the team was finally reunited, we split up in three goups.

Laura and Julie tackled some nettles whilst Russ, Steve and Stuart cleared the ground to make room for the foundation of a new hut soon to be build. The rest of us cleared a overgrown area which looked more like a jungle than a plant bed. With eager hands we dug deep and removed some unwanted horseradish and weeds. One Goodgymer struck not gold but water, which sadly was not to a moment of joy... it soon become clear that a newly installed waterpipe had been hit... ironically the every same pipe had been installed on a previous goodgym task... The organisers took the incident with lots of humor (thankfully) and were grateful for our help despite adding on more work at the end of their day...

We promised to help to repair the pipe and will hopefully be allowed back to redeem ourselves!

All mishaps aside, we had a great time and it was great to welcome Deya on her first mission.

Cheers, Sarah

Report written by Bristol runner


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