Bristol

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Tuesday night school of litter-acy

49 GoodGymers made their way 6.9km to help the Litterarti and The Island in Bristol.

  • Bristol runner
  • Christopher Lewis
  • Caroline
  • Paul Becker
  • Danica Priest
  • Bristol runner
  • Sioned Haughton
  • Lisa Elliott
  • Richard Breakspear
  • Darren
  • Alice Whale
  • Melanie Young
  • Shona Buchanan
  • Bristol runner
  • Dan Lombard
  • Felicity
  • Bristol runner
  • Shreena Parmar
  • Liam Scott
  • Tim
  • VaguelyNorthernDarren
  • Anna Tattersall
  • Bristol runner
  • Laura Spencer
  • Zdeni Cervena
  • Russ Cahill
  • Freddie
  • Lee Jones
  • Chris Palmer
  • Robin Hancock
  • Bromley runner
  • Lia Herbert
  • Sarah Taylor
  • Toby Gallagher
  • Valè Pico
  • Paulina Dubiel
  • James Hancock
  • Simon
  • Martha Price
  • PATRICIA
  • Dean Slocock
  • Ailish Nimmo
  • Joe Moggridge
  • Jade Cahill
  • Kate Jacko
  • Jonny
  • Thomas Eldridge
  • Lucy Wallwork
  • Cavid Qara
 
Tuesday, 13th of August 2019
 
Led by Shona Buchanan

It was a bumper night of GoodGym tonight in Bristol with 50 runners and 8 people joining us for the first time: welcome Patricia, Ailish, Joe, Kate, Jonny, Thomas, Lucy and Cavid!

Skipping prison

We quickly split into our two groups for the evening. Alice W was taking a group to The Island, an arts and events charity, on a 2km round trip. When they arrived, they were set to work with filling the skip that they had hired specially for GoodGym's arrival with all sorts of no-longer usable chairs and tables. The team worked in super-fast time and soon the skip was filled. Tom then gave them a tour of the space to give them a bit more of an idea of the work they do. This included a trip to the underground cells and an arts space which was so 'arty' that it inspired the group to do a Mannequin Challenge in it... Spot the blinkers.

Meanwhile the rest of the group headed on a 7km run to help LitterArti in Easton. They paint pillars in an underpass which has a skatepark in it. This is used regularly by local people and children, but the council do not keep it litter-free. Therefore, it is down to volunteers to do this. The group of 33 armed themselves with litter-pickers, bin bags, recycling bags and gloves and got to work. They spread over the area and, with the help of a couple of the skate-park users, teamed together to gather 24 bags of rubbish and recycling, as well as several sofas, a mattress and more. There was an incredible difference in the 20 minutes the team worked, so much so that the skaters gave them a round of applause when we headed off for our run home.

On our return we had a game of Runner, Runner, the GoodGym version of British Bulldogs to get rid of any leftover energy, then got excited for this weekend's South West Summer Party hearing the line-up from Matt. It's not to be missed!

Report written by Shona Buchanan


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Led by Shona Buchanan

Continually running for that finishing slice of cake.

GoodGymers helping out
  • Back markers

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Christopher Lewis
    • Alice Whale
  • Photographer

    Take photos for the session report

    • Bristol runner
  • Walk Leader

    Lead a walking group to the task

    • Melanie Young

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