Bromley

Group run

The Sieve’ll Serve Us

8 GoodGymers made their way 4.0km to help the Crystal Palace Museum in Bromley.

  • Mark Gilyead
  • Hannah
  • Ian Moore
  • Bromley runner
  • Bromley runner
  • Clare S
  • Cat
  • Tamara Michaud
 
Monday, 16th of January 2023
 
Led by Mark Gilyead
he/him

🔥 Pun courtesy of Hannah as per usual.

Sieve-r Me Timbers!

It was a chilly one this evening but eight GoodGymmers turned out for an evening in the Water Tower!

We met at the Bridge House, shared with the group our favourite cheeses, and welcomed Tamara who is brand new to GoodGym! 🥳

After a quick warm up outside the park, we split into two groups - half took the anticlockwise route round the park and half took the shorter clockwise route.

We met John outside Crystal Palace Museum and walked into the (pretty creepy, ngl) tower. It was designed by Brunel don'tcha know and housed a huge water tank which powered one of two huge fountains in the Palace lakes back in the day. Now they're working to turn the space into somewhere that's accessible for the public. But first it needs emptying...

We've been working on the tower for about 6 months (10 visits Nick reckons) and we're really getting somewhere now, clearing out soil and vegetation. Tonight was no different as we armed ourselves with spades, a pick-axe and of course our sieve, the trusty supermarket basket.

We split into a couple of teams, tackling both the walls of ivy (see pic of Ian with his new skirt) and sorting out the quality soil from the roots which were spread throughout. We got a pretty serious chunk of clearing out done before hitting the road.

Except it wasn't as speedy a return to base as we might've liked. We came across some seriously slippy patches of ice forming and had to walk most of the way! This also put a stop to the game I had planned. No problem though - we pumped our thighs and got our heart rates going with some quick circuits of squats (with calf lift), jump lunges (Tamara showed us all up) and some star jumps.

Ace stuff gang! ✨ - see ya next week to spread the word about the fabulous GROAD.

Report written by Mark Gilyead


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Mark Gilyead
Led by Mark Gilyead

Area Activator for GoodGym Bromley. Mostly runs for the train. On purpose obvs. Also helping to launch new GG areas with the central team 🚀

GoodGymers helping out
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    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Clare S
    • Bromley runner
    • Hannah

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