Planking Competition

Expecting only Daryl and Sam, Peter was pleasantly surprised to see Emma, Louise and Tracey come along for this Saturday morning lift and shift 30 wood look-a-like plastic planks from Jack Hobbs Club on Brandon Estate to a new community garden on an estate five minutes walk away.

Since Peter had thought it would be just the three of us, he had prepared a makeshift transportation device made out of two trolleys, pallets and some rope. Carrying around 12 planks as a test run for the first trip, the team had to help Peter guide this makeshift cart. Once at the destination, it was a matter of unloading them and stacking in a pile to be used on another date when Peter builds the planters/raised beds for the community garden.

With the first trip working without a hitch, the team went back to get the remaining 18 planks and other bits and bobs. This time transporting them over proved a bit difficult as there was more weight to steer. Yet, once we arrived at the destination we went through the same motion. With this cart and the extra amount of volunteers, we completed the task with 15 minutes to spare!