Living on the Veg

A beautifully sunny evening for a GoodGym group run, and the complete opposite of what last week's run was! And last week was a little gross due to the muggy weather and constant drizzle....this week it REALLY warm!

12 of us met up at Flirt and hung out at our friendly meet-up location where we get asked to not consume water not bought from the cafe....super welcoming place! So we've been thinking of finding another place that may be more convenient. Start putting on your thinking caps. Fredrika did suggest Chaplins in Boscombe which I thought was a great idea....somewhere nearer to Boscombe and open past 8pm are the main criteria....the other important one being: that they actually like us!

Enough of that and onto somehot and sticky running along the Overcliff with the most amazing views of the Purbecks behind us and the Isle of Wight and Hengistbury Head ahead of us.

We welcomed back Roshana, Janet and Abi after a few weeks off and were also lucky to have Amber back from her sunny Holiday sporting a fresh, golden tan!

With Grace back marking we regrouped at crossing caught our breath and sweat about a liter a minute....

Mike was there to welcome us with his two beautiful daughters and lots of chickens...we even had some doggy cuddles too!

Mike needed us to do a few jobs so the gang split up into teams of 4 and got to it. Neil, Phil and Fredrika headed to the front of the garden entrance to spread out lots of soil, I mean woodchip and did a great job of it too!

Chris, Janet, Hannah and Amber had the glamorous job of bringing out a lot of planting pots from behind the shed and putting them to the side so that Mike had an idea of what he had and could take over to the other lot. They did a great job and managed to get LOADS of pots and planters out!

The other team made up of Andrea, Abi, Grace and Roshana were

MURDERING SLUGS

....peacefully of course...it is slug season so they were setting beer traps made up of jars dug into the ground, so that the slugs, attracted by the scent of beer, drop into the jar and drown their sorrows in beer. Dream ending for many I'm sure!

After a 30 minute blitz and not getting nibbled on by any chickens we said our good byes, did our best impression of Fame or West Sides Story with a re warm up and headed back the same way we came!

Congrats to Grace on running the stunning and hilly Lulworth Cove 10km on the weekend. A massive cheer to Phil and Fredrika who reached the milestone of 10 good deeds with this run today! Keep them coming you two!

Hope nobody got sunburned this evening, have a great end to the week and see you next week for our trip to the Foodbank. It feels like forever since we've been!