Wood Thing πΆπ³
15 GoodGymers made their way 3.0km to help the Highgate Woods in Barnet.
- Thursday, 7th of June 2018
- Led by Barnet runner
Fifteen fabulous GoodGymmers ran 3km to the cafe in Highgate Woods to pick up litter.
Meeting at the Phoenix, we were joined by Charlotte for her first ever GG run - go give her a cheer! Welcome. We were also joined by GG tourist Alex who has also been in the lake district with team GG over the weekend. My legs are still a bit sore.
After a quick chat we slowly made our way to the park for a warm up. It was gloriously sunny we want to take advantage of it as much as we can! From there, it's a short run over to Highgate Woods and the cafe by the park.
We met the keeper, Cindy, who equipped us with grabbers and bin bags and pointed out the areas that needed attention. Dividing in to teams of two, the team set off around the park collecting litter. Cindy explained that the park area in particular is very popular with dogwalkers, sunbathers and kids parties so there is plenty of potential for litter.
Half an hour later, we had loads of litter and piled it all up ready for the compactor. Cindy explained a bit of the woods history - mentioned in the Doomsday Book, it's an ancient area of woodland owned and managed by the City of London Corporation since 1886 for the benefit of Londoners. Worth a visit we think.
After that we had a quick fitness session: tempo runs, core exercises, a sprint and a lap of the field. Suitably tired, we headed back to base for biscuits and stretching.
Thanks for coming everyone - I'll see you next week for our gardening task at Northway Gardens.
This week's Barnet Biscuit was: Double Chocolate Digestives.
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