Windsor and Maidenhead

Community mission

Going into Battle(mead) with the weeds

6 GoodGymers made their way to help the Maidenhead Waterways in Windsor and Maidenhead.

  • Amy L
  • Paul Isherwood
  • Windsor and Maidenhead runner
  • Nivi Bhide
  • Windsor and Maidenhead runner
  • Anita Singh
 
Saturday, 22nd of January 2022
 
Led by Amy L
she/her

I always look forward to community missions with Friends of Maidenhead Waterways (FoMW), and this morning's did not disappoint. Here are all the things that made me ex-streamly happy this morning:

  • A sociable bike ride to the task with Sheila and Georgeta
  • The ridiculous yet liberating feeling of putting on a pair of waders
  • The lovely setting of Battlemead Common
  • Great company from dream stream team Anita, Georgeta, Nivi, Sheila, Paul and our brilliant leader Tony
  • Introducing (still miraculously Dry) Paul to the joy of wading
  • An array of long tools for us all to play with
  • Plenty of comedy moments where people nearly went swimming
  • Some admirable displays of balance and strength - especially from Georgeta when she was working on the henceforth named Georgeta Island
  • Seeing how much Sheila, Georgeta, Nivi and Anita all enjoyed their first FoMW session
  • All the talk about titivating and/or titillating the weeds. Incidentally the dictionary definitions are quite different! Titivate means to make minor adjustments to, whilst titillate means to cause to feel pleasantly excited...
  • Hot coffee supplied by Ian, who was leading another group nearby - thank you Ian!
  • Anita's heavenly home made sesame chikki and her offer of seconds (and thirds and fourths)
  • Being immersed in nature and all the squelchy mud
  • The fact that the weeds we were tackling today were particularly stubborn, but we defeated them anyway
  • Seeing the water starting to move as we cleared weeds and debris, and knowing that it was on it's way to fill up the town centre streams
  • Another lovely bike ride back home, clocking up a few more kms for the January Challenge
  • The hot shower and roast dinner, which felt sublime after a January morning spent outside

We've said it before and we'll say it again... Waterway to spend a Saturday morning!

Report written by Amy L


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Windsor and Maidenhead runner
Windsor and Maidenhead runner
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Saturday January 22nd, 2022 23:32

Great report as always Amy! It made me laugh (a lot)! 🤩

Amy L
Amy L
she/her
Saturday January 22nd, 2022 23:34

Thanks Georgeta! Really was a pleasure working with you all this morning x

Anita Singh
Anita Singh
Sunday January 23rd, 2022 10:52

Great report.

Windsor and Maidenhead runner
Windsor and Maidenhead runner
she/her
Sunday January 23rd, 2022 16:31

Sounds like a brilliant task! Well done all 👏

Nivi Bhide
Nivi Bhide
Monday January 24th, 2022 09:33

Thank you for a fund Saturday morning.. had a great time and some priceless laughs along the 'Water' way ;-)

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Amy L
Led by Amy L

Area Activator for Windsor and Maidenhead. Loves running & Pilates and runs to escape from her hoards of small children.

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