Thorn in the Cold!
18 GoodGymers made their way 4.0km to help the Thornhill Square Gardens in Islington.
- Monday, 28th of January 2019
- Led by Paul Bown
18 Goodgymers ran 4km to help Thornhill Square Gardens
Thanks for coming along on such a cold night, we got lots done and it was great to see you all.
In the news this week:
- Community Mission helping Crouch End Open Spaces in February is on the website - sign up here.
- Goodgym races as well as doing good, check out all the races going on here.
Corrrr blimey it's definitely winter isn't it, dark and cold. But hey we did some good for our community, got a bit fitter and it was light until 5pm today - progress me thinks.
After warming up (kinda) we headed to Thornhill Square Gardens through the Barnsbury back streets. There in the dark we met Christopher, he informed our tasks were as follows:
Team One - Shifting two tonnes of mulch to be spread across three flower beds and growing tree saplings. Team Two - Cutting down three tree's. Team 3 - Collecting up a huge amount of twigs, branches and sticks.
We got to work, with head torches on and carrots fueled eyes straining in the darkness. Team One worked across a wide area with three wheelbarrowers, two shovellers and three spreaders in operation.
Meanwhile Team 3 went searching for trees marked with white cloth; Harry and Nicola found a little one to take down but Chris and Laura found a big one which in the end defeated them (due to time not strength).
HEDGEHOG DENS!
The majority of Team 3 became twig/stick collectors, putting them in bags and collecting them to be made into a HEDGEHOG DEN! After 40 minutes of work we were done, we headed home for a stretch and a biscuit.
Sorry for the bad photos, it was so dark! Sign up for next week here, we are helping Rose Bowl.
PB out
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