Going into Battle(mead) with the weeds
6 GoodGymers made their way to help the Maidenhead Waterways in Windsor and Maidenhead.
- Saturday, 22nd of January 2022
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Led by
Amy L
she/her
I always look forward to community missions with Friends of Maidenhead Waterways (FoMW), and this morning's did not disappoint. Here are all the things that made me ex-streamly happy this morning:
- A sociable bike ride to the task with Sheila and Georgeta
- The ridiculous yet liberating feeling of putting on a pair of waders
- The lovely setting of Battlemead Common
- Great company from dream stream team Anita, Georgeta, Nivi, Sheila, Paul and our brilliant leader Tony
- Introducing (still miraculously Dry) Paul to the joy of wading
- An array of long tools for us all to play with
- Plenty of comedy moments where people nearly went swimming
- Some admirable displays of balance and strength - especially from Georgeta when she was working on the henceforth named Georgeta Island
- Seeing how much Sheila, Georgeta, Nivi and Anita all enjoyed their first FoMW session
- All the talk about titivating and/or titillating the weeds. Incidentally the dictionary definitions are quite different! Titivate means to make minor adjustments to, whilst titillate means to cause to feel pleasantly excited...
- Hot coffee supplied by Ian, who was leading another group nearby - thank you Ian!
- Anita's heavenly home made sesame chikki and her offer of seconds (and thirds and fourths)
- Being immersed in nature and all the squelchy mud
- The fact that the weeds we were tackling today were particularly stubborn, but we defeated them anyway
- Seeing the water starting to move as we cleared weeds and debris, and knowing that it was on it's way to fill up the town centre streams
- Another lovely bike ride back home, clocking up a few more kms for the January Challenge
- The hot shower and roast dinner, which felt sublime after a January morning spent outside
We've said it before and we'll say it again... Waterway to spend a Saturday morning!
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Amy L
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Led by Amy L
Area Activator for Windsor and Maidenhead. Loves running & Pilates and runs to escape from her hoards of small children.
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Great report as always Amy! It made me laugh (a lot)! 🤩
Thanks Georgeta! Really was a pleasure working with you all this morning x
Great report.
Sounds like a brilliant task! Well done all 👏
Thank you for a fund Saturday morning.. had a great time and some priceless laughs along the 'Water' way ;-)
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