Planting on the Downes

22 Goodgymers helped their local community in Hackney
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Hackney

Sunday 19th January 2020

Report written by Joel Wiles

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22 Hackney GoodGymers enjoyed a crisp January Starter session on Hackney Downes planting and caring for trees with the brilliant Tree Musketeers!

Amazing to have so many GG first timers along for the session!!

Be great to have you along to the Hackney Tuesday evening runs which start and finish at the E5 Bakehouse!! Meet at 6:45 leave by 7 and with a run, task combo complete we are back by 8:30!!

If Tuesdays are tricky then there are other areas close by on Monday and Wednesday’s plus community missions mainly on the weekend which have a task but not the run.

All the information is on the GoodGym website!!

A quick 2k run to raise our body temperatures from the -1 we started at was much needed. We then headed over to the task and with an unprecedented number of volunteers who had come along to the open session jobs were a little thin on the ground but helping where we could with tree planting, mulching the baby trees, weeding, digging, running the barrows all over the Downes we helped to turn a 4 hour window to get the work done into a 2 hour tree helping blast!

Throwing in some fitness with Chi to keep the body warm at the end it was great to have you along!!

Hope to see you on a run again soon!!

Joel


Session Leader
Hackney
Area activator
Attendees
Florence
Lasma
Alice Whatley
Josh Southern
Anna Chojnicka
Joel Wiles
Isabelle
Isabelle Pereira
Fernanda Clemente Pinto
Clair Sim
Ru
Giovanna
Julie McLellan
Monia Volpato
Aude
Sophie Hemmings
Helena
Rachel Nolan
Lorna
Tobias
Chi Nwa
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