The Scythe Sense... I See Red People

Last night 10 runners favoured a night of doing good over watching the football and ran 7km to help The William Hobbayne Charity down by the canal!

Joined by some lovely GoodGym regulars and Andy visiting us from Hounslow we set off on our run through the parks and back streets of Ealing down towards the canal. We did a few (unnecessary given the glorious weather) warm up drills through Walpole before continuing with a nice relaxed run to meet June and her team ready to work on the area by the canal the charity manages.

Our instructions were simple, flatten and cut back as much of the overgrowth and weeds around the planted saplings as possible. We were armed with a treasure trove (wheelbarrow) full of different tools including a couple of scythes which a few of us were very keen to have a go with!

GoodGym 1- Nettles 2

With tree-mendous team work we cleared a big area and the saplings could be seen in their full glory! The only thing that got the one up on us last night was the nettles but for a hardy bunch like us we could hack it and we were all rewarded with some delicious watermelon for our efforts!

We all pitched in and smashed our goal!

A warm night and England playing last night meant I was concerned about how many we tempt out but I needn't of worried as we still had a super strong team out in force and got so much done! Much like the aforementioned game we did go slightly into extra time but it was worth it for the reward of a pint and cake in the pub for our monthly social (and to celebrate my birthday, thank you for the lovely card everyone!)

Special mention this week to Jenni who was on GoodGym day 3 of 4, a mission on Sunday, Richmond on Monday and she'll be heading down to Hounslow tonight. The plan is for her to reach her 50th good deed on Tuesday 7th August which will also be her birthday! Get it in your diary now and ask her about all the other areas she's visiting and see if you can join in!

Hopefully see you all next time!