Barnsley

Community mission

It's A Blatant Trash Grab

3 GoodGymers made their way to help the Keep Barnsley Tidy in Barnsley.

  • Hannah McCormack
  • James Smith
  • Sheffield runner
 
Saturday, 7th of January 2023
 
Led by James Smith

In the first of four weekly community missions throughout January, 3 GoodGymers ventured out into their local areas to rid them of rubbish.

Plogs in a well oiled machine

Michelle spruced up a shabby looking Sharrow Road making it super shiny once more. She also found a large commercial waste fly tip that was too large to tackle, not to mention it also harbored some unruly urban rats! She reported it to the council who will send a specialist team to sort it.

James did a pick around Kendray, not finding anything on the scale of Michelle's monstrous discovery but still managing to bag up a full sack of the usual detritus... cigarette butts, plastic bottles, cans and fast food packaging etc.

Hannah.... well it's a mystery where Hannah plogged, but wherever she did I'm sure it's much better for her doing it! She's been busy training for and running the Round Sheffield Run (winter edition) lately so it's even more impressive that litterpicking was factored in too.

On our group run this week we'll also be going plogging; this community mission acting as a good warm up of the grabbing muscles we shall be using on Wednesday evening.

Report written by James Smith


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James Smith
Led by James Smith

Previously AA of Barnsley GG. I was torn between Barnsley and Sheffield :)

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