Grafting at allotments or going wild in the forest?

26 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Leanne
Ed Woollard
Stefan Durkin
Nicola Gover
John Bourton
Paul Kelly
Vicky Hearson
James Tilburn
Michael Leadbetter
Charlotte Jones
David Barrett
Neil Bushell
Matt Lunn
Jane Walker
Becca Maude
Kit Brichieri-Colombi
Nicola Staff
Carys Tetlaw
Rohail
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York

Monday 16th February

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Ed Woollard
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John Bourton
John Bourton

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Vicky Hearson
Vicky Hearson

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For tonight's run we headed out on mass covering an impressive 1km to get to Scarcroft Allotments. The really fit ones then carried on an extra 300 metres to Wild Things Forest School!

At Scarcroft we were given two tasks. Team 1 were asked to move some sleepers (I'm sure we moved these very same sleepers not long ago...). In goodgym style this took about 5 minutes so we were asked to move some brash and woodchip to keep us busy. It wasn't long before team 2 arrived back having been given the job of carrying sheds down the hill. We then moved onto smashing these up (I think Nikki had had a bad day as given the gusto with which she yeilded a hammer!) The last job (which Rob said would be too difficult - has he ever met us?) was to prise apart the ruins of a burnt out shed. No problem for us!

Meanwhile at the forest school...

The group of 9 that headed over to wild things forest school had a range of physical tasks to get stuck in to. The first was to chop up some old Christmas trees to lay a bed for the wood chip that was to be spread on top. Nicola was shown which areas needed doing and everyone else got to work chopping trees or shifting the bark chip around. Meanwhile Ed got to work with some pallet splitting using a fancy pallet splitting tool. Fortunately, despite a few near misses, no nails ended up in anyone's feet even after Rich joined in with the destruction.

It was then time for a creative team photo, seeing how many people we could fit on a giant tree trunk, before heading over to Scarcroft Green for a beasting from Vicky!

After the beasting we jogged or walked back to base then a few stayed on to quench their thirst.


This task supported
Scarcroft Allotments Association
We 're a group of gardeners who help support allotment gardeners on three sites at York (Scarcroft, Hospital Fields and Hob Moor. We also run a shop for members at weekends selling garden supplies.

See above. Wealso help to maintain hedges and tidy litter on the Scarcroft site and run environment events such as moth and butterfly surveys and birdsong walks.

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