Good Deeds Removing Weeds

Superman II, The Bourne Supremacy, Spider-Man 2, Hostel: Part II, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Before Midnight, The Dark Knight, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

According to THE INTERNET, these are just a few examples of sequels that were better than the originals. Now, I wouldn’t make such a grand claim about last night’s WFGG run to George Mason Lodge (GML), but it was at least as good as it’s predecessor.

The excitement started early when Ama spotted the bewildered Run Trainer (yours truly!) scratching my head outside of the destination as I somewhat haplessly tried to suss out a quieter route from our Mirth, Marvel and Maud (MM&M) base to the destination. Luckily the resourceful Ama had drawn a map and we headed to the base along the relatively quiet and pollution free residential streets of Walthamstow.

Safely arriving at MM&M for the start of the session, it was great to see our eleven strong crew and to welcome new GoodGymers Kerri and Katie. It was easy to spot anyone who hadn’t come along last week as they were not wearing long trousers! Sorry guys, my bad; next time I will mention the nettles!

After the pretask briefing and kudos to the weekend half and full marathon exploits of Pippa, Raymond, Francis and Ercole we hit the tarmac with someone or other leading the way and arrived 2-miles and 18-minutes later at GML.

Our now battle-hardened gardeners started pulling up weeds faster than a toupee in a hurricane under the watchful eye of Mohammed, a charismatic and multi-lingual GML resident who had written over 100 books.

40 minutes later with the GML garden looking resplendent and the nod of approval from Mohammed we headed back to base for a cool-down stretch and a general feeling of warmth and happiness.

Be you a regular, new, lapsed or a few, please join us next Wednesday for another fantastic task when will be painting part of The Mill.