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Bristol

Tuesday 29th May 2018

Report written by Shona Buchanan

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Oh, the ongoing Battle of St Werburgh's Primary School Fences. It is the rain dance of the modern world. It is the task we crave so badly, yet the weather gods continue to do their upmost to keep us away. With the black cloud symbols with those pesky little rain drops shining out of Bristol's weather forecast, we once again had to postpone the task for later in the summer.

On the bright side (of a sticky, grey night), this freed up 20 Good pairs of hands for leafleting for two very good causes in Bristol. The Felix Road Adventure Playground, where we are going to help in the near future, have a whole bunch of half-term activities for local children. The Marmalade Trust, a charity tackling loneliness, are spreading the word of Loneliness Awareness Week which is in three weeks' time.

The group ran up to Easton where we split up to start our mass leafleting task. In smaller groups, the group lumbered up their legs between houses and popped their nimble fingers through many a door. A swarm of red ants soon ticked the streets off a high-tech list (Shona's Google Maps), leaving the residents of Easton much more informed about the wonderful charities working in the area and still looking baffled at the sea of red tees.

After a speedy run back to Queen Square, we had 10 minutes spare for a competitive wheelbarrow relay. Once the teams had mastered remembering how to wheelbarrow a human rather than a bit of garden equipment, the competition was close, and while there was a clear winner, I am sure the other teams will be back for a rematch before too long...

It was great to welcome Ed and Katie on their first Group Runs with GoodGym tonight - you were both brilliant additions to the leafleting (and wheelbarrow) teams! Also a big thank you to Sally for her excellent back marking bringing everyone safely home.


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Felix Road Adventure Playground is a unique space dedicated to children's play, family time and community togetherness. Located in Easton this is free safe space for people to come together in their community

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Shona Buchanan
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Vito Huang
Nick Smith-Baker
Sally Williams
Alexis Wiseman
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Tim

Tue 29th May 2018 at 10:42pm

Some wheel-ie good photos!