Hoe on earth did we get so berry wet?
12 GoodGymers made their way 6.0km to help the Above and Beyond and Malago Berry Maze in Bristol.
- Saturday, 6th of October 2018
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Led by
Paul Becker
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If I had 11 medals today they would have been handed out gratefully to the 11 heroes who braved the rain and cold to come and help out with weeding the Berry maze. Truly epic efforts from everyone today!
A decision to defer our secondary task of leaflet distribution meant that we could focus all our efforts on clearing weeds from a couple of extra patches in the maze. (I confess to feeling more than a little pride in seeing Barney point out the patches we had cleared previously). This was successfully achieved with hoes, trowels and gardening gloves, donned as much for warmth as hand protection.
Cold hands were also an obstacle for our trio of post-bashers who not only reset a couple of the wooden boundary markers but somehow managed to manipulate a screw driver on the cross sections.
With the briefest of pauses for some goji berries and yellow raspberries (check out Matt's enjoyment savouring these in the photo) and a traditional look-how-cold-we-are photo, we finally warmed up in the best way possible, a brisk 3k run back to warm drinks and - quite possibly - cake.
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