Colchester

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Snailed it!! Just processing our first Monday task.

3 GoodGymers made their way 11.1km to help the Eco-Colchester, Eco-Colchester, Colchester City Council, and Keep Britain Tidy in Colchester.

  • Tav
  • Frazer
  • Sophie Brown
 
Monday, 18th of March 2024
 
Led by Tav
he/him

On our first ever Monday evening task we hauled in two large bags of litter, including an old discarded food processor!!!

It was awesome to see Sophie back and immediately getting stuck into picking litter out of bushes and off of pathways...but the snails grabbed the headlines of the evening. The one we spotted on a crisp packet was easily saved and put back into the vegetation, but on a dark evening one snail found itself in our bin bag! Our route took us down Balkerne Hill, around Sheepen Road and back up through St Mary's Fields and as we reach the top and Frazer began to tie up his bag, a little snail was making its bid for freedom from within it!! We helped the little snail out into the foliage and admired it's efforts - one of nature's cleaners saved on an evening where we made a small section of the city a bit cleaner. Well done!

So now the question is what do we name our new Goodgym day? Marvelous Monday, magic Monday or mega Monday? Or something else?

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Tav
Led by Tav

Kindness is a verb - do more kind.

GoodGymers helping out
  • Walk Leader

    Lead a walking group to the task

    • Frazer
  • Back marker

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Sophie Brown

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