Monday 24th August
Written by Sarah
16 Goodgymers attended our Monday session to support our local warden Will, to care for Mousehold Heath, an important local habitat.
Will explained to the group the extent of a recent wild fire and all they were doing to reduce local fire risks.
We split into a 3 groups; one moving a drying pile of old bracken, one group bracken pulling, and one removing pockets of gorse and stumps to support fire engine access routes.
A very warm welcome to Eve and well done for joining your first GoodGym session.
Saturday 22nd August
Written by Jonathan
First to arrive at the allotment was Andrew shortly followed by Jonathan and Sarah. Whilst they waited for Jack, they helped open the very heavy skip roof followed by the exciting news that there was food and biscuits to reward them after their mission was completed.
Moving down to the allotment, the task was to clear as much large plastic and general waste as possible from two adjacent allotments to the skip ready for new tenants to arrive. Items included broken plastic tables, pots and many plastic wrappers and broken wood.
As the task got away, Jack arrived to give a much wanted helping hand just as the sun shone at its brightest. The heat made for hard work and before we knew it, time was up and a busy and productive day.
Saturday 22nd August
Written by Elizabeth H
384 people ran/walked/jogged on a lovely cool morning after rain overnight. I even saw a puddle! As todays date was 22 August, it was our favourite TU TU day so there was a variety on show! Roisin was out on the course, Susanna was giving out tokens, Frankie number checker for the first time, me barcode scanner. plenty of Goodgymers running today
Sunday 23rd August
Written by Elizabeth H
20 hardy you g prople on a 2k walk/run/jog around the park on a very warm morning after a little rain
Saturday 15th August
Written by Elizabeth H
what a lovely cool temperature this morning & 351 people agreed & ventured to Catton Park including our very own Maddy (&bump) doing her 200th parkrun .
Monday 17th August
Written by Ian Gostling
Our biggest group of the year - 19 GoodGymer's assembled at Oxfam store Magdalen Street.
Shout out's to Emma attending her first session, Maddy & Jack returning after a break, and Stephen who completed his 250th session!
In a scene similar to 60 Minute Makeover, Emily gave out the tasks for the evening (clean as much as possible) and the team spread out armed with hoovers, dusters, scrapers, tackling any surface that needed a clean. Even the toilet floors were given a thorough working over!
The floor downstairs was the main target, with dirt marks leaving a trail like foot prints - the big question was who was the culprit?
In a hour we had covered nearly every shelf, table and flooring, leaving the store looking transformed!
Well done team, it was a fantastic effort. Also best wishes to Jordan who moves north next month.
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