A mattock of leaf and death

20 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
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York

Monday 29th November 2021

Report written by Nicky Woodall (she/her)

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๐Ÿฅถ 20 'dedicated GoodGymmers braved chilly temperatures for this week's group run. After naming our favourite drinks (single malt whisky anyone ๐Ÿฅƒ Or maybe just the classic water ๐Ÿฅค), we did a much-needed warm up and set off ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ

๐ŸŒณWe were back at West Bank Park tonight, tackling the infamous mud mountain and spreading bark-chip onto the footpaths. It was quite the workout, so much so that we kept going and used it as an alternative upper body workout for our fitness session ๐Ÿ’ช

โ›๏ธWe split into teams with a variety of tools distributed between them. We used our best raking, shovelling and mattock-ing skills to spread said bark-chip from the piles it had been "dumped" in across the path. There was some great teamwork displayed and some impressive wheelbarrow relaying ๐Ÿ›’

๐ŸŒฑ Meanwhile, another team were tackling the mud mountain, including the rogue compost waste that had snuck on there and was creating quite the unpleasant odour (to say the least) ๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ

โณAs the time went on, the gaps between bark-chip mounds reduced and the chip was spread more evenly across the path. With a few minutes to go, there was a brilliant team effort to fill the last gap and smooth everything over. Great work everyone๐Ÿ‘Œ

๐Ÿ‘After that effort, it was time to head back to base for some cool-down stretches and a trip to the pub ๐Ÿป

๐Ÿ‘Thanks everyone for a cracking effort, see you again soon ๐Ÿ™Œ


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West Bank Park
Public park with play areas, woodland, wildflower meadow, pond, orchards and open green space

Provide the public with green open space and play facilities

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Attendees
Amy Tew
Lee Morris
Gemma Lowe
Laura Barrett
Vicky Hearson
Debs Sharpe
Craig
Mitch
Paul Kelly
Ben Dove
Jenna Drury
Nicola Gover
Nicky Woodall
Stefan Durkin
Leanne
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Anji Andrews
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Wed 1st Dec 2021 at 11:14am

This pun though!! Epic.