Separating the twigs from the leaves

27 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Ellie Dove
Cara Organ
Michael Leadbetter
Vicky Hearson
Debs Sharpe
Craig
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John Bourton
Tim Mckenzie
Stefan Durkin
Leanne
Helen Graham
Abi Perrin
Ed Woollard
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Dom Tooze
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York

Monday 9th August 2021

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Ellie Dove
Ellie Dove

WALK LEADER

York runner

SESSION ORGANISER

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Vicky Hearson
Vicky Hearson

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Debs Sharpe
Debs Sharpe

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Tim Mckenzie
Tim Mckenzie

WALK LEADER

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It was good to be back for a warm, summer evening of GoodGym and with a brilliant reason to celebrate too as Katie had done 200 good deeds and got to wear the spectacular new cape.

Tonight's task was so so close to our meeting point that I couldn't bring myself to lead everyone straight there, instead opting for a more scenic route along the river.

Only you could take a task 400m away and include two sets of steps and a hill (Amy)

Are you lost!? (John)

After our little loop we came to the wonderful Bishophill Community Garden, where Abi and Ellie had already gathered the tools together for us.

Task Manager Jamie told us that the main job was to collect up all the dead wood and twigs and feed them into the twig chipper, with secondary tasks being to sort the compost, mow the grass, and clear and edge the flagstones.

The twig chipper was jammed in a matter of minutes and so - being GoodGym - a small team became the machine with some extreme lopping antics.

Meanwhile, caped Katie had commandeered the mower and Tim discover that Katie herself was fuelled by petrol.

When the fuel ran out, she just stopped and couldn't work anymore'.

Craig saved the day by fixing the chipper and soon the bags were filling up, the compost area was tidy, the paths were clear and the grass was beautifully mown and ready for a game of Cones of Joy.

We had a ten minute round and apparently there was one rogue branch which took a few people out, otherwise it was an amazing display of athleticism and culminated in a dance party as everyone descended upon the dancing cone.

Another excellent night of good!


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Bishophillbillies
Local group of volunteers looking after the community garden and park

Bishophillbillies is a local group of volunteers committed to beautifying and improving green space in Bishophill. To this end they focus on maintaining the community garden, creating green corridors and providing a platform for residents to contribute to their neighbourhood.

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