Hasty defence

4 Goodgymers helped their local community in Cambridge
Caroline
Catherine
Becky
Eva Myers
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Cambridge

Sunday 7th June

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We had another great session supporting Strawberry Fair this weekend. This time taking down the fences we'd put up last week!

Welcoming Becky to her first GoodGym task 👋 we met with Eva and headed over to the volunteer area to get kitted out. Still no left hand gloves to be found (where are they??) so we went with one glove each. To compensate, we had brand new shiny high vis jackets, which were so bright you couldn't miss us 🦺

We certainly got our steps in working at 3 different locations across the site. First up was the Big Top where we were moving paint cans, tables and chairs ready for collection. The round tables were particularly tricky to manoeuvre with their wayward legs, but we managed it with some coordinated teamwork. We were then over at the soap box area moving wood planks into a storage compound. Again, not an easy task as they were tricky to balance! Lastly, the site team had already made an impressive start at removing over 4km of fencing, and we helped to take down some of the perimeter fencing. With Eva and Becky on fence panels and me on the bases, we made swift work of it and definitely felt like we'd had a good workout afterwards 💪

As we headed back to the volunteer tent, we noticed it had gone! After an initial panic, all was well and we found Kirsty and our belongings in the marquee. We returned our vests slightly less shiny than they started, a sign of some hard graft. 🦺

See you again next year! 🍓


It was a busy running weekend too.

👟 On Saturday, Caroline signed up last minute to pace at Coldham's common parkrun, coming in right on time and helping runners reach their goals.

🏅On Sunday, Scott got a PB at the Flaming June half marathon. After coming back from injury, this is a great achievement, well done 🙌


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Strawberry Fair
The Fair is free to enter, and it exists for the benefit of the local community

Strawberry Fair is Cambridge’s one-day celebration of music, arts, people and pure festival magic. Since 1974, over 30,000 people each year come together to enjoy a colourful celebration of creativity and community, bringing together performers, artists, families, friends and free spirits for one unforgettable day. Strawberry Fair returns for its 51st year and it's sure to be out of this world.

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Caroline

Mon 8th Jun at 9:35pm

Amazing work team 🙌Welcome Becky, and well done Scott!

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