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Skip those branches

6 GoodGymers made their way to help the Clifton with Rawcliffe Primary School in York.

  • Michal Czekajlo
  • Leanne
  • Lauren Forecast
  • Mitch
  • Pete
  • David Jones
 
Wednesday, 14th of April 2021
 
Led by Michal Czekajlo

Four cyclists and two runners arrived at the entrance to the Clifton with Rawcliffe Primary School in readiness for another garden tidy up task.

Emma, the task owner, showed us a rather large pile of branches that needed cutting into smaller pieces and transporting, using a small tarp and a trolley, to the skip at the other side of the school grounds. We soon realised that all the branches will not fit, as the skip was already more than half full. That meant putting the rest of them back on the pile.

Next task was to remove assortment of bricks, roof and wall tiles, steel guttering and pieces of fence panels with nails and wire from the school forest boundary making it save for children to play there. While doing so we had to be very careful not to destroy the established wildlife habitat.

Leave the sticks for kids to play - Emma

The last task tonight was to trim scented rosemary, bramble and leafy bush to improve visibility from the classroom and across the playground. This sparked a conversation about versatility of rosemary in cooking.

This smell makes me hungry - Lauren

With all the trimmings disposed of and tools tidied up it was time for a socially distanced photo and then a run or cycle back home.

Report written by Michal Czekajlo


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