Croydon

Group run

Hailing an Herron

5 GoodGymers made their way 6.9km to help their local community in Croydon.

  • Conroy
  • Liz
  • Ingrid Buchanan
  • Ollie Baum
  • Thandiwe Janet Dhliwayo
 
Tuesday, 2nd of July 2024
 
Led by Conroy

Today we welcomed Thandiwe back with us, her last group run was before the pandemic, however she's been keeping tabs on us via our weekly emails.

Today we headed to a new tasks helping the Friends of Hailing Grove, reclaim an area of the park from ivy. When we arrived Claudie and her team of volunteers had already started.

We were taken to an area of the park that had a battle with some ivy, which the they wanted to be cleared. Armed with a few forks and a ton bag we started weeding until the bag was filled we emptied it filled it again three more times before it was time to down our tools.

Claudie gave us a walking tour showing us all the work they had done and some lovely blooms.

Just as we were about to bid our farewell we spotted an heron in the walled garden.

Report written by Conroy


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Conroy
Led by Conroy

Just a regular guy, who likes running, doing my bit for the community.

GoodGymers helping out
  • Walk Leaders

    Lead a walking group to the task

    • Thandiwe Janet Dhliwayo
    • Ollie Baum
    • Ingrid Buchanan
    • Liz
  • Back markers

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Thandiwe Janet Dhliwayo
    • Ingrid Buchanan
    • Liz

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