Bristol

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Sh*t off a cold shovel

7 GoodGymers made their way to help the Youth Moves Urban Escape in Bristol.

  • Bristol runner
  • Melanie Young
  • Fiona Lewis
  • Bristol runner
  • Phill Stone
  • Nathalie Levi
  • Matt Burton
 
Saturday, 9th of January 2021
 
Led by Melanie Young
she/her

It felt very odd to see 10 people in one (large) place but there was a big mound of manure that beeded moving and we LOVE that sort of thing.

Whilst it's a race againt time to get tasks conpleted before Lisa goes on maternity leave, we needed precision to make sure the manure went around the existing plants (large and small) and didn't swamp them. We were also tasked with finding out how deep the poles were dug into the ground in the polytunnel.

Excellent social distancing meant we could work on lots of different beds at once and the first shift made great progress. We'd split the task into two shifts for social distancing and to make sure no-one got too cold.

Shift 2 took over and the (soon-to-be-poly) tunnel beds were filled to brimming and the remaining manure pile was relocated to within the Urban Escape space.

Two-and-a-half hours later, Lisa was breathing a huge sigh of relief (behind her mask, of course!).

Report written by Melanie Young


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