Saturday 29th February 2020
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Report written by Gosia Rybacka
Today, we were helping out The Friends of Figges Mach in moving mulch so they can plant a copse in their local park ๐ณ. In the morning, the weather was pretty rough, but a heavy rain ๐ง is definitely not convincing enough to stop us from spreading some GG cheer ๐ in the neighborhood this weekend.
We arrived just after 10 AM โฐ and were pretty impressed as โ despite of the rain โ a large group ๐ฅ๐ฅ (~20 people) turned up, motivated and ready to plant trees. We were asked to grab wheelbarrows and go to the nearest mulch pile (which was not so near at all ๐). When arrived, we had a task of loading up our wheelbarrows with mulch using spade or fork and then take it all back to the tree planting spot. When back, we were unloading the mulch directly around freshly planed trees or on a side โ depending on instructions ๐.
Great workout ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ (no need an expensive gym to practice farmers walks!) and pretty easy task though it seemed to get harder and harder ๐ each completed round. Most of the route could be done on a pavement, but we had an option to cut the distance by navigating through the grass ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ(though it was a bit more challenging because of the bumpy and muddy surface).
When we thought that the weather could not get any worse a hail started ๐จ. It just needed to happen though so - when feeling completely wet and freezing - we have been joyfully rewarded with beams of sunlight ๐ that appeared 10 minutes after. Hanna even performed a celebratory workout, smiling and squatting towards a clean blue sky ๐. It immediately got easier to do the rounds then drying out and being bathed in the sunshine.
Around noon everyone gathered for a little break, to warm themselves up with a cup of tea/coffee โ, grab few biscuits ๐ช and join a quick photo shoot ๐ธ.
Our final result - we cleared 1 of 2 the mulch piles, and around ยผ of the 2nd one, located a bit further from the tree planers. The whole event finished at 1 PM, but the group is planning to come back tomorrow to continue the work. The organizers thanked us for help, calling GG runners their todayโs โwheelbarrow heroesโ. No matter how honourable this title sounds ๐, we all felt like we did something to be proud of today ๐คฉ๐.
Sat 29th Feb 2020 at 5:23pm
Thanks you so much Gosia for the excellent report! Such as pleasure to meet you 3 - well done!!!! Hopefully we can have picnic on the green in the summer.
Sat 29th Feb 2020 at 10:28pm
It was lovely to meet you Hanna! Well done for staying despite of this crazy weather ๐ช. Hope you liked my photo collage with your celebratory workout. It was epic ๐คฉ๐คฃ.
Sun 1st Mar 2020 at 7:46am
Hi All, remember to click on "Log your mission" in the email from GG to confirm you have attended the mission. I can't do it from here. Thanks!
Mon 2nd Mar 2020 at 5:40pm
Lovely to meet you all, my arms were feeling the burn the next day ๐ not sure I received an email Gosia but all good!
Mon 2nd Mar 2020 at 6:19pm
Sorry, mission log email went to spam
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