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12 GoodGymers made their way 2.0km to help the St Mary Walthamstow Churchyard in Waltham Forest.
- Wednesday, 22nd of May 2019
- Led by Ant Withstandley
Tonight it was back to our old favourite, St Mary's Churchyard for a sport of gardening. Thirteen fabulous runners assembled in Mirth on a lovely warm spring evening. Who would have thought this benign looking bunch were actually a collective of ninja warriors about to open up a can of whoop-ass on some unsuspecting weeds in Walthamstow Village?
Our ranks were nicely swelled this evening by a trio of new recruits, and it was a delight to meet them all. Welcome Hannah, Katie and Libby, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves tonight.
So after a reasonably easy (short) run to St Mary's we met our green-fingered contact, Tim, who had everything set up and ready to go. There was some serious equipment on hand. Three mighty petrol powered strimmers, rakes, shears and a couple of scythes. I thought these last two were particularly apt in a churchyard, all that was missing was a long black hooded cloak!
Tim gave us a rundown and told us about the exciting Chelsea Fringe Festival events planned in Walthamstow this weekend. After that, we set to work, and it was war on Cow Parsley. This prolific weed looks nice for a few days and then turns into zombie cow parsley releasing untold spores into the atmosphere to create much more cow parsley.
After toiling away for a bit, it was time to go, and we had a nice treat in store coming up. Jo, our very own Yogi (or Jogi for short!!!) offered to lead a yoga session to rebalance the old yin and yang. With this in mind, we made an enthusiastic dash for the tranquillity of Lloyd park for a lovely chilled spot of yoga. Superb, namaste, Jo.
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