Caz Steer
Trying to get better at running, loves crafting, listening to a great podcast and will devour pudding
Bristol
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Doing good since September 2018
101Good deeds
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Bristol
Follow the yellow gravel spiral
A mild November night greeted the assembled masses of GoodGym Bristol with lots of chatting before heading off to the (soon to be lovely) Brunswick Cemetery by the "long route".
We split into Leaf-ers and Grass-ers and set about trying to find the spiral that’s so clear on Google Maps. Most of us played safe starting at the top where some of the path was visible but Richard B went rogue with a trowel to start in the middle and Steve ambitiously started at the bottom with a plan to join up. Which we will, in about four sessions time!
Bristol
Group Run - follow the yellow gravel road - 16 Nov
It's Tuesday so it's a group run, meeting in (and returning to) Queen Square and leaving there at 6.30 - It's dark so bring a head torch as well as your gloves!
Ever wanted to find the yellow brick road so you could follow it?
Changing facilities, lockers and loos are available at Workout Harbourside- bring your own padlock or inventive personal prized possession to swap for one of theirs if you want to lock your, er, locker. Otherwise it’s just an er. Make sure you’re back out in Queen Square for 6.20!
Caz has just reached another level: 100 good deeds with GoodGym. That's at least 100 times when they could have easily done something easier. But they didn't, Caz has kept going and going. Helping a lot of other people and getting a bit fitter at the same time. Congratulations Caz.
Woohoo 🎉
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Bristol
Conker-ing Way Out West
Everything was totally under control all evening, except for the two lovely people who wanted to know more about GoodGym whilst we were welcoming the session and newbie Peter, the task not happening, the litter pickers not being there and Maria arriving as the walkers were leaving.
For all that, we had a lovely time with Vaguely Northern Darren leading the runners to West Street, the group then making our way to South Street Park, exploring and tidying the playground, Bark Park, bug hotel and finding the Conker Animals. A mini fitness session later, we were on our way back to Queen Square to celebrate Caz's 100th good deed with our totally normal centurion outfit, unicorn lance and shield to trot around the circle and high five everyone else who were eating her lovely flapjack.
Off to Bambalan for GoodGym Eats with new friends and lots of fabulous chat - turned out nice again!
Bristol
GG Bristol November Eats at Bambalan
On the first Tuesday of the month we like to go out for a social after GG. It's a great way to get to know follow GoodGymmers or catch up with friends.
The venue will be at Bambalan which serves tasty North African style food including the mighty "Babs" and new sour dough pizzas. Take a look at the menu on their website.
Either meet at the restaurant or head over with others from Queen Square/Workout after the group run.
Sign up to let us know you are coming. We hope to see you there!
Bristol
Group Run - We'll be Way out West - 2 Nov
It's Tuesday so it's a group run, meeting in (and returning to) Queen Square and leaving there at 6.30. It's dark so bring a head torch as well as your gloves!
We're going to be tidying up a busy park street plus planting some bulbs and cutting back lavender plants so the space will look totally amazing in Spring!
It's the first Tuesday of the month which means there's even more fun to be had with GoodGym Eats after the Group Run, this month at Bambalan
Changing facilities, lockers and loos are available at Workout Harbourside- bring your own padlock or inventive personal prized possession to swap for one of theirs if you want to lock your, er, locker. Otherwise it’s just an er. Make sure you’re back out in Queen Square for 6.20!
Bristol
Emmaus-ing maneouvres in the dark - 26 Oct
It's Tuesday so it's a group run, meeting in (and returning to) Queen Square and leaving there at 6.30
Whoop! We're back to see our very good friend Xanne at Emmaus's magic Tardis warehouse to do whatever needs doing - constructing, destructing, puzzling, cleaning and mainly wearing anything possible as a hat.
This is indoors, but in a very well ventilated huge warehouse - the enormous roller shutter doors will be open so there will be a gale blowing through the warehouse. Please bring your mask as well as your gloves :-)
Changing facilities, lockers and loos are available at Workout Harbourside- bring your own padlock or inventive personal prized possession to swap for one of theirs if you want to lock your, er, locker. Otherwise it’s just an er. Make sure you’re back out in Queen Square for 6.20!
Bristol
Gutter love a bit of weeding and picking
Nothing phases Bristol GoodGym, so a late cancellation of the expected task just meant an opportunity to explore a park we usually run through - Riverside Park. It's, er, by the river (Frome, pronounced Froome, Vaguely Northern Darren) and the A4032 dual carriageway, but they decided not to call it DualCarriagewaySide. No idea why.
It was lovely former Trainer Shona's first run back with us for a while and we were lucky enough to have her lead the (as ever, slightly elongated) run to the park, backmarked by Clo whilst Darren led the walking group and Melanie carted a lot of kit.
Surprisingly (it was all in the planning), we all arrived at pretty much the same time and set about getting gloved and head-torched up, plus the big butterfly lights Melanie had surprisingly remembered to both charge and bring along. They're very bright indeed.
Bags were soon being filled with gutter-blocking weeds and litter from the edges of the MUGA (Multi-Use Games Area) which we all call the basketball court, plus finds including a fire extinguisher, an empty bottle of Beckham perfume/aftershave, an unopened packet of frazzles and one sock.
We also discovered that Melanie's new phone takes astoundingly good night time photos so long as everyone stays still for a couple of seconds, which no-one does on a GoodGym task!
It was great to welcome back Liana and Becky, both pre-Covid GoodGymmers, enjoy Caz's 99th good deed (cake next week) and Darren's 200th good deed - Exciting 200 Club personalised t-shirt and CAKE TODAY - which didn't disappoint, homemade millionaire's shortbread with shop-bought vegan version.
A great night out and it was warm enough to sit outside workout to enjoy our Club Haus mug of tea/other drink of choice and eat millionaire's shortbread whilst chatting away - happy days :-)
Bristol
Unscramble the bramble
A dry GoodGym group run, led by Richard and Alice - what a treat after last week's soaking! It did mean the ground was more willing to give up the bindweed and bramble roots when we could finally get that close to the ground!
Jo and Di were, once again, really pleased with not just the progress but also the lovely chatter that's always around GoodGym Bristol. That and the bramble trampling to fit even more in the dumpy sacks (definitely a job for someone in wellies rather thsn trainers).
It's definitely head torch season for running and outdoor tasks but nice to arrive and see the whole task before the dark seems to hide it all.
The GoodGymmers were soon pulling, cutting and dragging bindweed from the plants it was strangling, then the bramble and buddleia bashing and sawing to reveal as much of the lovely grasses as possible. We also took the time to admire the difference in the areas we'd already weeded.
It was great to see some old GoodGym friends back with us, and thanks to Clo lots of us went on our first "normal" GoodGym Eats for over 18 months with lovely burgers at Three Brothers.
A great night out with great buddies :-)
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