Where the Wild Flowers Were

21 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Leanne
Ed Woollard
Jenna Drury
Vicky Bushell
James
Michael Leadbetter
Laura Barrett
Cara Organ
Abigail Darton
Hannah Leadbetter
George W
Jamie
Jane Walker
Becca Maude
Kit Brichieri-Colombi
Sanjay Dharmavasan
Kirsty Payne
Abel Tadokera
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York

Monday 24th August

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Ed Woollard
Ed Woollard

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PHOTOGRAPHER

REPORT WRITER

SOCIAL MEDIA

Vicky Bushell
Vicky Bushell

WALK LEADER

Abigail Darton
Abigail Darton

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Report written by Ed Woollard (He/Him)

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There were a few tired bodies as we made our return to the Monday night group run after an epic Goodgym camping weekend in Derbyshire. But that didn't stop our group from shifting a load of cuttings from the stunning wildflower meadow that we'd previously helped to plant at Clarence Gardens 💪

We started the night with a small but perfectly formed group celebrating the new male half-marathon wolrd record by naming the things that they believe they could hold a world record in. Turns out we all really back ourselves when it comes to eating challenges! It was then off to the task with Vicky and Babs heading out in the steady group, Jenna on bike and Ed leading the main group with Abigail backmarking.

Upon arrival we met a few other Goodgym Yorkies who had gone straight to task, and after some very simple instructions (basically shift the cuttings from A to B) from taskowner Iain, we were soon up and running. Nick and Micheal armed themselves with the tarp and made great progress shifting huge mounds of the cuttings whilst the rest of the gang raked and collected what they could into ton sacks.

Over at the skips James and Kit worked their hardest to trample down the cuttings to ensure that we could fit in as much as possible. Such was their dedication to the cause the Kit almost managed to get himself buried under a tarp load of cuttings at one point! But with the skips filling up and time running out attention turned to raking up and shifting as much as we could before calling it a night.

After a quick stop for a photo we then had time for brief fitness sesh which involved 4 teams competing against each other to see who could jump the furthest and run the fastest whilst shifting a cone from one end of the field to the other. It was a photo finish and to be honest Ed possibly wasn't paying close enough attention to see who actually won but it was definitely Jame's team or possibly George's!

We'll be back at Clarence Gardens in a few weeks to finish off the job!


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