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York

Monday 8th July 2019

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There was SO MUCH GOOD to report on this group run.. I know you all love a round number so check these ones out:

  • Pete ran 50 miles on Saturday, just because
  • Huw was awarded GG Yorkie of the Month for June because he did his 100th good deed AND ran 100 miles (in one go) and probably made 100 cakes too
  • Paul Kelly ran his 100th good deed and got to wear the awesome Centurion Cape as well as pretending to be superman
  • Legendary Leanne ran her 400th good deed and is officially the goodest person in the whole of the North

We welcomed along no less than 5 new runners and we split into two groups to tackle two tasks. It turns out there was a lot of animal-related activity at both tasks.

Leanne and Tim led a group to St Paul's allotment for a final massive weeding session. Poorly Paul turned up on his crutches and was in charge of photography. The team saw some frogs and found a truly enormous moth which attached itself to Mitch and has been (probably) identified as a Lady Moth.

The ladies do love Mitch

My team ran over to Hob Moor to extract more thistles from the cow field. On our way we saw two lovely puppies and once on the field, had several near misses - and one hit - with dog poo. Our goal was to fill two bags but since Aidan pulled up a thistle so large that it basically filled a whole bag, we finished on four bags.

The pun could be "Three Bags Full!" ..except, four

Paul Kelly in his cape led the run back across the Moor where some rogue dogs had frightened the cows so we slowed down to let the cows pass in front and avoid any trampling.

Use your cape! Be a matador!

Both teams completed a EMOTM workout (but we had a friendly dog who stopped Jeff from doing his star jumps) with several repeats of one minute on the clock to complete a series of exercises.

Then there was loads of cake, and everyone was super happy.


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Friends of St Pauls
The PTA group for St Pauls c of e primary School in Holgate

Friends of St Paul's hold lots of events throughout the year to help fund curriculum activities and fun activities for the children who attend St Pauls primary School. The school also own an allotment which is in desperate need of some TLC.

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Attendees
Paul Anderson
Carl Wain
Leanne
Becky Moylett
Aidan Kettle
Ed Woollard
Tim Mckenzie
John Bourton
Lauren Forecast
Huw
Jenna Drury
Ben Dove
Paul Kelly
Mitch
Jackie
Craig
Bethany Bridge
Emily Collins
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Pete
Simon Long
Tom FitzPatrick
Michael Leadbetter
Amy Woollard
John Forecast
Laura Barrett
Nikki
Brittney
Maxine
Oliver Middleton
Alette Walker
Mary Holland
Stefan Durkin
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Mon 8th Jul 2019 at 11:05pm

As the enemy of many a moth I had a look out of curiosity to see what it was and thought it looked like a poplar hawk moth... so free from my fight against the mothageddon.