Mulcholland Drive

4 Goodgymers helped their local community in Wandsworth
Hanna
Gosia Rybacka
Rafal Wrzaszcz
James Collins
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Wandsworth

Saturday 29th February 2020

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Today, we were helping out The Friends of Figges Mach in moving mulch so they can plant a copse in their local park ๐ŸŒณ. In the morning, the weather was pretty rough, but a heavy rain ๐ŸŒง is definitely not convincing enough to stop us from spreading some GG cheer ๐ŸŒŸ in the neighborhood this weekend.

We arrived just after 10 AM โฐ and were pretty impressed as โ€“ despite of the rain โ€“ a large group ๐Ÿ‘ฅ๐Ÿ‘ฅ (~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 ๐Ÿ˜‹). 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 ๐Ÿ“ƒ.

Great workout ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ (no need an expensive gym to practice farmers walks!) and pretty easy task though it seemed to get harder and harder ๐Ÿ˜“ 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 ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒฑ(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 ๐ŸŒจ. It just needed to happen though so - when feeling completely wet and freezing - we have been joyfully rewarded with beams of sunlight ๐ŸŒž that appeared 10 minutes after. Hanna even performed a celebratory workout, smiling and squatting towards a clean blue sky ๐Ÿ˜‚. 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 ๐Ÿช and join a quick photo shoot ๐Ÿ“ธ.

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 todayโ€™s โ€œwheelbarrow heroesโ€. No matter how honourable this title sounds ๐Ÿ˜‚, we all felt like we did something to be proud of today ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ˜Œ.



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Hanna

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.

Gosia Rybacka

Sat 29th Feb 2020 at 10:28pm

It was lovely to meet you Hanna! Well done for staying despite of this crazy weather ๐Ÿ’ช. Hope you liked my photo collage with your celebratory workout. It was epic ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฃ.

Gosia Rybacka

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!

Neasa Mc Nulty

Mon 2nd Mar 2020 at 5:40pm

Lovely to meet you all, my arms were feeling the burn the next day ๐Ÿ˜‚ not sure I received an email Gosia but all good!

James Collins

Mon 2nd Mar 2020 at 6:19pm

Sorry, mission log email went to spam

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