Ipswich

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One plant sending us (re)potty

3 GoodGymers made their way 9km to help the Blue Cross Suffolk in Ipswich.

  • Kerry Buckley
  • Paul Horne
  • Natalie
 
Monday, 4th of December 2023
 
Led by Natalie
she/her

A big welcome back to Kerry who officially took part in his 101st Good Gym task! It was a group of three tonight with Paul giving us a practical and sartorial lesson in neon green. ,*adds to Christmas wish list *

Anyway, back to the task in hand. We made our way to Blue Cross animal rehoming centre tonight to help repot some plants.

The centre was full of festive cheer with decorations and a tree up and Tracey gave us some expert instruction on repotting.

All was going smoothly until one plant seemed VERY comfortable in its current pot. It took all four of us pondering the physics of how it could be extracted without harming it before Kerry managed to successfully extricate it.

Many shouts of "branch" accompanied the run home as we navigated a dark road with multiple thorny branches. If only some of the branches could borrow some hi -vis ...

Report written by Natalie


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Paul Horne
Paul Horne
Monday December 4th, 2023 21:04

Good to get out for the evening and we were finally able to defeat the comfortable plant

Natalie
Natalie
she/her
Tuesday December 5th, 2023 09:08

Great to see you, Paul!

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