4 Month Streak
York
📍Old Gray Mare YO30 6LH
Help support young people in hospital over Xmas

Wednesday 11th November

Cara Organ earned a wildflower stamp in their environmental passport
Cara has earned a wildflower stamp in their GoodGym environmental passport by helping the environment at a session.
Wed 11th Nov at 6:30pm
York Report written by Vicky Bushell (she/her)
We gathered at the Old Grey Mare for a rare indoor task. We also welcomed Elspeth who joined us from another goodgym and will hopefully be around for a while- hope to see you again soon!
We worked in two groups cutting strips of paper (some more accurately than others), then writing jokes on the back from a pre approved list. These varied in funniness and were not all grammatically correct, but we stuck to the instructions with only a few minor corrections.
Once a set of 50 was complete, they were bundled up and clipped together ready to be posted to CAMHS for young people in hospital to make paper chains at Christmas.
We managed to make three sets then many of us hung around for a drink and food.
Mon 9th Nov at 6:15pm
York Report written by Nicky Woodall (she/her)
🥶 Tonight was the night for a bumper turnout (37 people!), particularly impressive given the dark and chilly conditions. Nevertheless, we all gathered at the Ackhorne, including 3 newcomers - Tamsyn, Ellie and Julian - who we welcomed warmly. We then celebrated some epic achievements, including applauding everyone who tackled the Dalby Dash yesterday. We also had the cape of glory for not one but three heroes for tonight, we celebrated Amy's 400th good deed, Cara's 300th and Kit's 50th. Oh, and it was Laura's birthday. Amazing stuff 🦸
🚲 Vicky led a cycling group while Ed led the runners to the carriageworkers memorial arch - a particular impressive structure when lit up! (And one that lots of us had somehow never noticed before...)
🌸 There, we were met by the council environment team with tools and instructions to rotivate a (particularly long) strip ready for wildflower planting. Despite some initial confusion as to what we were meant to be doing, we soon got to work with enthusiasm, with our various tools. Jen had particularly impressive technique that led to some very uniform-looking rotivations (not sure that's a word...) Meanwhile, George had very kindly given away the most useful tools so contributed good chat and skipping advice, ready for the fitness session.
💪 Speaking of which, after an atmospheric group photo, we were led down the road (to much grumbling from our local GoodGymmers who were being led further away from home) for our fitness session. Vicky had set up circuits with 6 stations, including skipping, which caused lots of amusement as we admired some very different styles. Running while balancing rings on our heads was another challenge, as was running backwards (which may have led to a minor collision but I believe everyone was fine afterwards!) Sore quads from yesterday's Dalby Dash were starting to show themselves in the adaptations required of some of the exercises!
⏰ Soon, it was time to head back to base (or straight home for some of the cheeky locals, including one who 10 minutes earlier had claimed that wasn't an option...Not mentioning any names, Ed...)
🏃♀️ James very helpfully stepped up to lead the runners back while Vicky led the cyclists. Soon, we were back at base, stretching and hearing about everything that's coming up this week.
🍰 Laura and David had kindly brought cake, which was greatly appreciated and enjoyed, both outside and then in the pub. Jenna had done a sterling job lugging a huge number of Disability Week booklets in her pannier, which need delivering. Some heroes took some to deliver but there are still lots more. So if anyone's able to help with this this week, please contact Jenna directly (or Vicky/Ed who can put you in touch with Jenna if that's easier).
👏 What a night! Thanks everyone, for some great good-deeding, and hopefully see you all again soon!
*10 points for anyone who spotted the (probably quite obscure) Beyonce song reference...
Mon 9th Nov at 6:15pm
Wed 11th Nov at 6:30pm
Sun 15th Nov at 3:00pm
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