Monday 28th September
Written by Ian Gostling
Tonights we were given 120 Daffodil bulbs to plant at Catton Grove Community Centre. 9 GoodGymer's ran 6km to the venue as the sun was setting, and met Linda who provided the tools.
Listening to the sounds of Zumba coming from indoors, we spread out to plant the bulbs. We were also able cut back some of the bushes and clear away weeds around the entrance.
Ah hour flew by and the task was complete. Massive Kudos to Elizabeth who achieved her 500th Parkrun Volunteer session at the weekend! And High Five to Ben for his 10th Good Deed tonight.
Sunday 27th September
Written by Danni (she/her)
This was the second visit to this garden to help clear more of the space. On the first visit, the focus was clearing a walkway. On this visit I was able to clear a seating area.
Vines had overtaken the garden and carpeted the floor. There were some fun finds! The process uncovered a bench, a second chair, a second smaller table, a cat riding a tortoise, and some beautiful Japanese anenome and blue passionflowers that can now see the light of day and thrive.
Sunday 27th September
Written by Elizabeth H
14 young people, a glorious morning and more 500 celebrations. Goodgymers Stephen & i helping them around the course., ending with more cake! Thank you Juniors for my flowers . Thats 845 Goodgym deeds completed.
over at Eaton Juniors Stephen was RD & Liz helped to make sure over 164 juniors enjoyed the great outdoors
Saturday 26th September
Written by Elizabeth H
417 people out in the warm autumn sunshine enjoying 5k around the park. Bobby & i were the Goodgymers volunteering and Alina was running here today. we were celebrating my 500th Parkrun Volunteering deed today, thsnk you Bobby for the balloons & Alina for the sash. The Catton core team presented ne with flowers, card & a voucher for the coffee stall here at Catton. i love volunteering at Parkrun, its very satisfying watching everyone enjoying the great outdoors, very good for all our wellbeing & mental health, its been very good for mine, along with my Goodgym family.
Thursday 24th September
Written by Woody
A really sunny September morning at Mrs J's garden.
There were some more things to address in the corner of the back garden, a nice but uneven space that Mrs J cannot access, there's a lot of Ivy overgrown on the ground, which has choked out the rest of the garden space, so I spend a large part of the time clearing that up. Finally trimming back the lavender so the dead heads were gone for the winter.
Towards the end of the task I had a nice visit from a Robin, who was hanging out until the end of the task.
Monday 21st September
Written by Ian Gostling
At GoodGym we are celebrating This Girl Can's Move10 campaign - keeping things simple. 10 minutes of movement, 10 times over a month, in whatever way works for you.
"We are the movers and shakers of the world for ever."
It was our last Monday at Mousehold of the year, just before it gets too dark - but don't worry we're heading back for a few Saturday sessions if you missed out!
Always a favourite task - with 19 GoodGymers attending, Will lead us all to the area needing work. Pulling braken to allow other plant species to grow, and carrying piles across the heath.
We spread out into 3 areas, it was a very social evening and rewarding to see how much of difference it made!
Shout outs to Gemma, Rachel and Lizzie all completing their first Good Deed!
Will kindly treated us to some tasty snacks, which was a lovely way to finish the evening as the night drew in.
Dig out those headtorches for next week folks!
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