VaguelyNorthernDarren

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Doing good since November 2017

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VaguelyNorthernDarren signed up to a community mission.

Wed 27th Mar at 6:00pm

Melanie Young
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VaguelyNorthernDarren went on a group run

Tue 26th Mar at 6:20pm

GoodGym Bristol Sod Off and Refill with Gravel

Bristol Report written by Melanie Young (she/her)

This evening's GoodGymmers were rewarded with a lovely sunset as we ran and walked to Faithspace in Redcliffe to collect the tools and trolleys for the night's path laying.

Last time we'd had days of heavy rain and were glad of the light drizzle, tonight was drier and didn't the turf know it! We seemed to have found a particularly rocky patch which Marky had marked (so Marky-ed, I guess) as the next path joining the planters. There's already been lots of positive feedback about how much easier it is to get to the planters and beyond.

The gravel is a special "self-binding" type which makes for marvellous non-shedding paths and, when its been left a few weeks, a solid lump in dumpy sack.

Once the edges had been marked and knived (?), we split into ground-chiselling and gravel-chillesing teams, definitely a tough workout tonight. Many different strategies were tried with the top methods proving to be stabbing with a big fork for gravel breaking and sitting uphill and spading downhill for turf lifting (called sods, for anyone wondering). We are so creative and adaptive.

Perseverence paid off, the new path was given its preliminary stomp, catwalk-style and flavoured water was enjoyed. Laura and Vaguely Northern Darren headed off for a longer run back whilst the rest of us finished off, tidied up and took the tools back to Marky's workshop.

Top path-making, team!

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Melanie Young
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VaguelyNorthernDarren signed up to a group run.

Tue 26th Mar at 6:20pm

Group Run - 26 Mar - Return to the path making!

People will have better access to the new planters

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