π¦ Turk(ey)ish delights π
21 GoodGymers made their way 5.0km to help the Wellbeing Gardens York Hospital and Gale Farm Court Residents' Association in York.
- Monday, 19th of June 2023
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Led by
Nicky Woodall
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β 21 excellent GoodGymmers gathered for our sunny group run this evening.
π¦Έββ We were thrilled to welcome back Louise who was visiting from London for the double-whammer of her birthday and her 500th good deed. What a hero, especially as this was her 3rd good deed of the day to get there! She posed with the cape but we didnβt make her wear it all evening as it was a tad toasty.
π The other celebration was the arrival of the golden trowel, which Dom brought up from the GoodGym shindig this weekend. Of course we had to get a group photo with it π€³
βWe had two tasks this evening so Mitch led a super crew of six to Gale Farm Court to varnish some benches there. Hereβs what he had to say:
π "We painted the town (or benches) red"
π¨ Six GoodGymmers arrived at Gale Farm Court (via a few diversions...sorry) to help scrape and paint two beaches. With the hot dry weather, this was perfect. So after an hour(ish) of scraping, painting and more painting, between the 6 of us, we had the beaches painted and looking in a better state.
π₯ The rest of us headed to York Hospital where we split into three further groups - Renal, Labour and Mosaic.
πΆ The Labour group were weeding and tidying up the wellbeing garden there. They were reassured that they wouldnβt see anyone giving birth, though sadly also wouldnβt see any tiny babies.
π¦ Hereβs what Ed had to say about Team Renal:
π We got to work in quite a small courtyard area, getting rid of weeds and disturbing woodlice. There was a lot of fake grass that had moss growing over it so some of us did a bit of scraping to remove the moss. We all agreed that fake grass is appalling and should be banned. Other than that nothing remarkable
𧽠Meanwhile, the Mosaic group were armed with soapy water, brushes and cloths. They set to work cleaning the mosaic and soon made a noticeable difference, realising how shiny it could look once clean. They also tackled the spiky sculpture thing in the middle, realising that this was really a task for Team Tall. Steve Rice put in a sterling effort, leaping to reach the top of the spikes with the long brush - very impressive. Amongst the leaping shenanigans, Nicky did some weeding. Not that many weeds were located (proving that the garden is very well cared for) but there were sadly two dead birds (the Labour garden apparently had a net to prevent similar tragedies). We wondered if the turkey statue was a monument to its fallen feathered comrades π¦
π₯΅ It was soon time to head back to base where we gathered and made the group decision that it was too warm for fitness.
π° People were also keen to get to the pub and enjoy the delicacies very thoughtfully provided by Louise alongside some much-needed liquid refreshment.
π Thank you everyone, it was great to get lots done at both tasks.
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