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Sun 25th Feb at 10:15am
Bath Report written by Meyrick Williams (He/Him)
They have a really great new play area at Sydney Gardens. One of the features is a sandpit, through which runs a water feature from top to bottom. Problem is with sand is it disappears with time.
Some of this could be explained by he usual processes of fluvial erosion but in this case enthusiastic children likely contribute in the course of doing exactly what they should be doing, play.
The task for the 5 GoodGymmers that attended was to replenish the sand in order that play could continue. Naturally the location of the backup sand was the furthest distance away from where it was needed. I'm beginning to see a common rule here, the need for a 'heavy to transport' material is inversely proportional to its distance from the location it is needed.
Undeterred, GoodGymmers Stephen, Mark, Kate, Jane and Meyrick set about the task. We had three wheelbarrows though, so our output was limited. Plus one of those wheelbarrows suffered a puncture at the start to we improvised.
We mus have made a dozen trips though, gratefully received by the on site volunteers who were raking the sand over to return the sandpit to its former glory.
No doubt this will be required again as play resumes, but all in all a Sandtastic effort from all involved.
Sat 24th Feb at 10:00am
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Bath Report written by Helen Conner (she/her)
Our mission: To fill up the sandpit with sand.
The only problem.... the sand was about 400 metres away down a hill :)
So off we went with 4 wheelbarrows and a couple of shovels and loaded each wheelbarrow to push back up across the park to the giant sandpit. 1 hour and numerous trips later and we had filled a giant hole.
Although, not complete, we made a huge dent in the sand bags and saved a lot of heavy lifting for the regular volunteers
Sat 16th Dec 2023 at 10:00am
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