A barrow full of good deeds (and woodchip…!)

11 Goodgymers helped their local community in Southwark
Ashlee
Clare Gilbert
Gemma
Jess Cowie
Katy Hulm
Nathan Wood
Daryl Shaw
Nelly
Emma McNally
Mikhail Amran
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Southwark

Wednesday 9th November 2022

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Yesterday, I was joined by 10 runners at our weekly group run. Sam, our area activator was on holiday, so with a lot of help from everyone else, I was “replacement Sam”. 🤓

Celebrating Daryl

It was also a special week as we celebrated Daryl’s 50th! Well done Daryl for reaching 50 good deeds, and also for being a good sport, despite the uncomfortable gown and party hat! 🥳 We also welcomed Ashlee, who had been recruited by Emma.

This week’s icebreaker question was about guilty pleasures…

On Friday, it will be “Singles Day”, so I wanted to know what each person’s guilty pleasure is that they do when they are alone. Answers included eating sweets, having a long bath, watching YouTube videos and listening to music loudly - turns out we are a homely bunch! 🥰

This week, we were going to Thorlands, to do our very usual gardening tasks. Once we arrived (stealthily joined by Jess who found us mid-run), we found Mikhail who had made his own way to the task. We picked up the tools that we needed and set off to work. We split off into three groups: Daryl, Gemma, Clare and Ashlee moved woodchip, then Katy and Jess did woodchip spreading, and whilst Nathan, Mikhail, Nelly and Emma did some weeding.

Whilst I floated between the groups, the highlights I caught were: a tutorial from Simon about how to use a hoe, 5 wheelbarrows of woodchips moved 🙌 and a new bouncy floor from all the woodchip spreading. Well done everyone! 👏👏👏



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