Seedy tales and stuck up ditches!

15 Goodgymers helped their local community in Richmond
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Beth
Liz
Ken MacKenzie
Lucy Hill
Teresa Gebski
JP
Susan Martin
Sam
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Richmond

Monday 6th November 2023

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Beth
Beth

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Liz
Liz

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Ken MacKenzie
Ken MacKenzie

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Lucy Hill
Lucy Hill

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Susan Martin
Susan Martin

WALK LEADER

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Meeting at the Tap Tavern, the group donned layers and headtorches to head down to the river for a run along to Petersham Common. The layers were soon tied around waists and put in bags as we all know life is warmer when you run! Headtorches however were very much the necessary accessory for the evening as we reached the dark paths of the common.

Task owner Ken was delighted to have many helping hands which meant we could set about even more tasks than originally planned:

  • Planting and bedding down (stamping on!) wildflower seed beds.
  • Litter-picking along the road and path edges where there is always a saddening amount of junk thrown.
  • Completing the tree pollarding work started last week.
  • Clearing the drain ditches of leaf clogs that prevented the water flowing away from the footpaths to keep them bog-free.

With 15 people working for 45 minutes each, that's over 11 hours of work put in on just one evening, the miracle of GoodGym! And there was still enough energy left to run back to Richmond town centre at the end.



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StephDucat

Tue 7th Nov 2023 at 4:37pm

Nice run along the Thames and great to meet new Goodgymers

Liz
Liz (She/her)

Wed 8th Nov 2023 at 2:04pm

Lovely to have you join us Steph!

StephDucat

Thu 9th Nov 2023 at 12:23pm

I will be back 😊

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