The Compost Man Always Rings Twice
11 Goodgymers helped their local community in Islington
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Monday 4th April 2022
Report written by Simon Fitzmaurice
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On our first group run of April (and almost the first task in complete daylight!), Area Activator Simon met up with Southwark AA Sam, Marie Laure, Rachel, Paul and first time Goodgymmer Joshua (welcome!) at the Elizabeth House Food Hub. After a short warm up on Hurlock Street, our running team made our way to Thornhill Square Gardens near Caledonian Road (2.3 miles total running, up Highbury Park Hill, and across the Emirates Stadium just before a match was about to start), where we found resident gardening expert Anna.
The neighbourhood community group in Thornhill Square are the main guardians for one of the largest green spaces in the borough, and are always super appreciative of Goodgym assistance in Spring! Our main projects for the evening involved using secateurs and clippers to clean up the grass verges around the main flower beds in the park. Emily (who celebrated her 50th good deed on Sunday) had already made a start on this by the time our running group had arrived, so Josh, Benedetta and Patrick also helped out.
The rest of our crew took it in turns to load up wheelbarrows full of fully prepared compost (which I believe we had made earlier in the year during a green waste collecting task), and to distribute the mulch around flower beds on the park. Alice, Rachel, Paul, Caitlin and Sam took it in turns to shovel compost and to scatter during the course of our evening.
Anna was thrilled with to the progress we had made over the course of approximately 45 minutes, and is looking forward to seeing us return in 3 weeks time (Monday 25th April! Pop it in your diary!).
To finish off a top evening of Goodgymming, we ran together to Someday Canteen in Finsbury Park as our monthly social meet up (2.1 miles from Thornhill Square), where we enjoyed delicious pizza and refreshments.
News
Summer Rounders Contest- North vs South!
Sam from GG Southwark has been busy recently setting up a friendly (but also quietly competitive!) series of Rounders events in North and South London. These will also double up as a fun Summer social get together, so picnicking and good times will be encouraged!
Here are the dates:
South London- Clapham Common Saturday 18th June
North London- Victoria Park Saturday 16th July
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A quiet oasis off Caledonian Road with plenty of space to picnic, rest, read, and walk a dog.
'A quiet oasis off Caledonian Road. Plenty of space (it is the largest square in Islington) to picnic, rest, read, admire the flowers shrubs and trees, and walk a dog. Volunteers, with the council are working to encourage healthy activities, including walking and yoga, and also to improve the diversity of wildlife in the park.'
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A regular community gardening volunteer meet up, near Clissold Park!
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Tue 5th Apr 2022 at 1:40pm
Great run report and thank you for advertising the Summer Social Rounders! Hope to see a few of you there :)
