Trowels and Tribulations
9 GoodGymers made their way 6.0km to help the Malago Berry Maze in Bristol.
- Saturday, 18th of August 2018
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Led by
Paul Becker
he/him
What's your favourite berry? A warm-up survey suggested that blueberries were the most popular in our group today, but have you heard of 'Autumn' or 'Golden' raspberries? What about Himalayan blackberries? Well, whatever you choice there's a good chance you'll find it growing down at the Malago Berry maze, our destination for this mornings group run and the first of THREE GG Bristol group activities occurring this weekend in addition to all the regular missions that are taking place.
A straightforward run along the Malago greenway soon brought us along to our host Jackie and with Barney giving us a quick introduction to hoe technique we were off, clearing weeds from the paths around the berry bushes with hoes, trowels, spades and an extra special two-prong weeding tool expertly employed by Fi.
While we worked we discussed future race plans. Paulin is busy preparing for the Cardiff half - and following our chat it could be that Hannah will join her for her first attempt at the distance!
By the end of the session we had completely cleared the first path of weeds which means that Jackie can now walk past without seeing another job to do and the maze will be that much easier to navigate when it opens to the public on the Bristol open doors day on 15 September.
(We did of course find one more buried car part right at the end of the session - can anyone identify what Darren is holding?)
Thanks to Fi for the pun and to David for back marking today.
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Paul Becker
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Oh the pun was all Dave’s work! I can only dream of coming up with a pun of such quality.
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