This Chairming Man

On an almost balmy Bromley evening, two runners took to the streets to cover just under 10km to Wickham Hall, to shift some chairs up and down the stairs.

Two of our original sign-ups couldn't make it tonight due to other commitments, so Edward and I formed a top team of two to tackle the task at hand. Edward did his first GoodGym group run over in Lewisham last night and liked it so much he decided to come on tour to Bromley. Nice! Give him a cheer!

As our run was quite a long way, we briefly warmed up before heading out on the road. At last spring has sprung (or is it actually supposed to be summer by now?). It was a lovely evening to be exploring Bromley and we ran down some rather nice residential streets, skirting alongside a golf course (complete with water fountain!) and dipping into West Wickham and the Wickham Hall.

We popped inside and were shown our task for the evening, a quick one, but a helpful one nevertheless. The hall is a very busy building, with activities happening throughout the week, both during the day an in the evening. When the space is used by other groups, chairs often get left in odd places and, being quite heavy, become challenging to move. We set to, quickly putting them all back in their rightful places, before John gave us a little tour. We were very impressed with how well kept the hall is, everything is so neat and so well cared for. We heard about the fire that happened a few years ago, leaving the building without a roof and how this was all repaired over time, along with extensive refurbishment of the toilets (we had a look, they are really fancy, with sparkly walls and everything).

After taking a few selfies, it was time to run back. It's amazing how much your legs stiffen up when you take a break from running, but we were soon back in the swing of it and appreciating the fact that we could now run down the steep hill we ran up on our way out. Hoorah!

A brief stretch, an icy cold water and it was time to go. Next week Simon will be back at the helm, why not sign up and join him for some good Bromley fun?