GoodGym and MIND in Camden group run #3

Two happy power walkers powered their way through Camden to help out at Castlehaven.

This week I was joined by Alex and we were happy to also be joined by the sunshine! After last week's drizzle, this was NICE. After a little introduction and chat about fitness goals and achievements, we did a little warm-up and made our way over to Castlehaven, around 1km away. Boy, it was hot (yes, we did chat about how we always manage to find something to moan about weather-wise, even on a gorgeous day!).

At Castlehaven, we were met by Giles, who told us about the community fun day that took place at the weekend (it looks like it was the rain-type-moaning that happened then, but it certainly didn't stop play!). We were taken over to the big storage area under the arches, where Giles showed us a big sack of topsoil, to be used in the lovely new greenhouse that I worked on in the first week. This sack is huge and there's no way you could carry it over in one go, so our task for today was to transfer the soil to smaller sacks and move these out of the way, to the side of the space.

Our workspace was nice, with a bit of shade, a gentle breeze and also a nice chat with gardener Paul and his colleague. As we dug and shifted, we talked about hobbies (Alex has done a lot of fishing), holidays and diet (how on earth do we satisfy all the hunger that comes from being active?!). Time flew by, as always and we transported our last few sacks on the trolley, counting up eight black bags and one big green sack - impressive work!

A brisk stroll back to Camden Road and we were all done. Well done Alex, it was hard work in the sunshine, but you did a great job! See you next time!