GoodGym in the cemetery stark graving mad

A Bone Shaking Warm Up

So we started with 7 runners at the start and ended up with 9 at the task . It was lovely to welcome Leanne , our new member for her 2nd visit to us but the first time I have had the pleasure of her energy and vitality. It was also really good to see Anne again and always fantastic to see my regular recruits Belinda , Gill, Beth, Sue,Duncan and Nick.

Whilst the the sensible 7 took a gentle leg stretcher along the seafront , Duncan put in a swift sprint rushing from work yet managing to arrive first whilst Beth was playing 'beat the train!'

Raking Bad

We were warmly met by Stephanie and Peter who form part of the friends of Heene Cemetery . The cememetry itself had undergone quite a transformation since our last visit with a huge amount of strimming and clearing done on and surrounding the graves. Our task for the evening was to rake and bag up the debris together with some " fine pruning" ( sorry but I do love this pun ! ) The GG team set about this with their usual enthusiasm for doing good in the community.

A Brush with Death

The 2 'die hards' Nick and Gill set about chopping up the large shrubs that had been pruned and Gill even managed to make a broom looking pile ( She does love her improvised tools! ) Newby Leane paired up with Belinda for some 'grim raking' careful manouevering of the wheelbarrow ! Duncan was on a mission tonight . In true scouting style he found a better way of getting from A to B and loaded the bags before transporting them in the wheelbarroow

Did anyone have a coffin fit whilst working

With all the energy exerted I'm surprised no one did ! Anne , Sue and Beth made such 'rake progress' with clearing the pathways and pruning that it looked like a groundforce makeover project .

Chilled to the bone

There was no chance of this tonight. After 30 minutes of hard work , plenty of photos and lots of thanks from our hosts we waved a cheery goodbye and headed out west to put a few more miles in the legs before combined with a double whammy fitness session and stretches before HEADING TO THE PUB !

We should have been drinking spirits

Our treat for all the weeks and months of GoodGym good deeds and running was our first ( of many) trips to the The Egremont pub where we had a friendly welcome from Dominic , the barman who may even join us on a future task. Chatter galore and puns a plenty we were knocking dead the pints.

With graveful thanks

Many many thanks for all the puns, company and good vibes tonight. What a wonderful start to the week.

Have a great week and see you all next week for our first trip to Bugcycle in Beach House Grounds.

Julia :)