Ian Gostling

GoodGym Norwich

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Woody

Five Leaves Left

Thursday 13th August

Written by Woody

It was a short trip to Mr J's house for this task, but in really intense heat.

Mr J had trouble with lots of leaves blowing in from the outside into his porch, with him unable to vacuum as much as he'd like. The leaves from the oak nearby had been doing some shedding due to the hear. I got stuck in with a broom, dustpan and brush and cleared as much of an area as possible around his main door, this helped him massively and he was really grateful, by the time I left there were not many leaves left to blow in at all!

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Jax Burgoyne
Woody

Total Eclipse of the Art

Wednesday 12th August

Written by Woody

A return to the garden of Miss N, to carry on clearing her garden and this time, to focus on retrieving the art ornaments that have been buried by the Periwinkle. We cleared loads, with Jax making extra effort in lugging the cuttings to the top of the garden.

Load and loads of ornaments came out of the garden, some which have not been seen for years!

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Jax Burgoyne
Woody

Washing Machines Live Longer With Thorns Gone!

Wednesday 12th August

Written by Woody

This was a fun task cutting back a challenging hedge that was stopping Mr. S's new washing machine from being delivered.

The hedge was very thorny and we hacked away at it with our secateurs until the path way had been restored, with thorns sticking into our trainers as we went.

We made good progress and Jax did a great job of sweeping up the thorns and getting them into a conical shaped bin store outside the front so the bits of hedge could die down before being moved on later.

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Beth
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Rose Copland
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Elizabeth H
Ian Gostling

Scooper-califragilisticexpialidocious!

Monday 10th August

Written by Ian Gostling

We ventured to a different part of the globe tonight - our first task at Globe Place in Norwich.

8 GoodGymer's walked and cycled to an area in the housing estate that had become very overgrown. Stephen, Sharon & Dawn from LTC Green Spacesmet us with a list of tasks and lots of tools.

We spread out into 2 areas, lopping, chopping, sweeping & scooping, filling wheelbarrows and trugs full of dried branches & weeds. The wheelbarrows were then taken to nearby Somerleyton Gardens (another popular GG task venue) where they will be used as mulch for some large raised beds.

Whilst this was all happening, Rose wandered back and forth carrying watering cans around the site giving everything a good soak... that was a lot of steps well done!

Shout out to Beth for attending her first session! An hour flew by and the difference we made was Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Thanks Woody for tonights pun!

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Woody

Odd Jobs on a Sunday

Sunday 9th August

Written by Woody

It was a pleasant run to Ms I's house for some gardening tasks.

When I arrived I was asked to do lots of little odd jobs around the garden, such as dead heading roses and lavender and trimming various hedges. I also tried to help get some trailing plants cut back that were hanging down into Ms I's garden.

All in all a pleasant morning and Ms I was very happy with the results.

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Elizabeth H

Alphabet Juniors

Sunday 9th August

Written by Elizabeth H

we had a family group of tourists doing their alphabet parkrun and chose Leabridges for their letter L. this made 15 participants today. It was Very Very hot this morning so there was plenty of water taken on board!

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