Daylight rubbery

52 Goodgymers helped their local community in Bristol
Kim Dowsett
David Schlaphorst
Alex Cameron-Smith
Richard Breakspear
Darren
Emily C
Melanie Young
Shona Buchanan
Fiona Kinnear
Tom Hill
Dan Lombard
Emma R
Alice Dalrymple
Georgina
Felicity
Jenny Chak
Liam Scott
Kait Kirwan
Tim
VaguelyNorthernDarren
Anna Tattersall
Julie M
Georgina Holt
Laura Spencer
Russ Cahill
Phill Stone
Chris Palmer
Paul Martin
Removed User
Corrie Clough
Charlotte Proctor
Katie Kelly
Saskia Felstead
Andy
Josh Cole
David Mountford
Toby Gallagher
Simon Freakley
Harry McDowell
Liam
Dom Ferrett
Vicky Macpherson
Emese Kiss
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Bristol

Tuesday 26th February 2019

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Shona Buchanan
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With the first warm evening of the year (SEVENTEEN DEGREES PEOPLE), the troops gathered for another evening of doing Good. We were joined by a whopping nine first-timers - welcome Andrew, Georgia, David, Simon, Harry, Liam, Dom, Vicky and Emese, it was great to have you!

Tonight we helped with two different tasks...

Surf and Astroturf

Gary took a group out to get all rubbery at St Werburgh's Community Centre. They are laying astroturf this weekend in their play area so the team had the job of bagging up all of the rubber ready for the new surfacing, leaving an even layer to keep it bouncy. This resulted in a very mucky 10 GoodGymers, but very happy at having spent the evening playing.

A-head of the game

Meanwhile, the rest of us went to help with our regular task, Felix Road Adventure Playground. We were greeted by the team and split into tasks. Tonight we were:

  • Litter-picking (following a litter-full half-term)
  • Cleaning and tidying the art room
  • Moving the compost heap and storage
  • Fixing the fencing around the wood storage
  • Discussing that Richard's favourite fruit is either an olive or a kumquat and wondering which is more strange
  • Being scared by Tom's new friend, a decapitated Barbie head

All of the tasks were completed with our classic speed, but the fence was proving a bit more tricky with its technical-requirements. While the fencing team worked on, the rest of us started a partner chair-hold competition. This soon ended with several GoodGymers lying on the floor and some very bemused task-owners.

We headed back through the ever luck-reliant traffic-light maze of Easton for an impressively quick relay with storming sprinting by all of the teams!


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Felix Road Adventure Playground is a unique space dedicated to children's play, family time and community togetherness. Located in Easton this is free safe space for people to come together in their community

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Bristol runner

Wed 27th Feb 2019 at 8:57am

But what’s your favourite classic chocolate? 🙂

Shona Buchanan

Wed 27th Feb 2019 at 5:48pm

I have been thinking long and hard and I think I will stick to my original Boost. Although I will spend the rest of my days looking for a classic coconut version.

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