Back to the sodding farm
5 GoodGymers made their way 3.2km to help the Meanwood Valley Urban Farm in Leeds.
- Wednesday, 27th of April 2022
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Led by
Rob Riley
he/him
We met at HPBC and were all ready for our run... when we were approached by student journalists! They wanted to find out more about our work in the community, so they tagged along and walked up to the farm to see what we were doing today.
The run
This week Helen suggested we take the hilly route to Meanwood Valley Farm, which meant running up sugarwell hill - an old favourite of Goodgym Leeds (in a way).
Around 3km later we made our final approach to the farm. After a quick greeting with the lambs, we went to go and find Ben to see what was in store for us today.
The Task
Ben had a good task lined up for us this evening - digging a trench to lay a new water pipe, to supply water for plants further along the plot.
It seemed like we had a lot of work to do... and we weren't sure if we had taken on a bit much! We needn't have worried, as we at Goodgym know how to get a task done ! It wasn't too much for us - laden with spades, and special trench spades we quickly removed turf and lay it out neatly next to the trench. It was sodding brilliant!
45 minutes later the pipe was in and the turf was back in place... its almost as though we were never there 😅
At the end of the task we were each thanked for our efforts and rewarded with bags of lettuce from the allotment 🥬
We took the more direct route back to base - and had worked up a good appetite for dinner. Well done everyone - mission complete!
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Rob Riley
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