Fly Chipping

13 Goodgymers helped their local community in Lewisham
Mo Bahrawi
Lindsay Ramsey
Abi
Alison Pike
Julian Osman
Darryl Chamberlain
Matthew Tipler
Kim
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Lewisham

Monday 22nd July

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Unlucky for some but not us, 13 GoodGymers gathered outside Glass Mill ready to tackle the hills to help the garden team at Seniors.

We skipped the warm up this week in favour for a steady run as a group to Seniors as it's a bit of a longer run and I'd spent too long chatting as usual!

At Senior's, Alice had a big list for us to get through which included: - watering the plants - admiring the plants in the poly tunnel after we did some hot bedding - clearing the weeds that were growing through the cracks in the building - planting tomato plants - covering the stems of the tomato plants with vaseline to protect from slugs - moving the fly tipped woodchip from the front of the building to near the poly tunnel

Anyone who wasn't there and happens to think "who would fly tip woodchip". It's the same question we thought and the same question the gardening team at Senior's though. Next time, a little request that they fly tip in a more convenient location for the gardening team. Luckily for us, it was a good workout moving it in wheelbarrows.

Most of us frequented the local drinking establishment whilst the rest of the group tackled the hills back to Glass Mill.

Big cheers for Khai who completed his longest run yet!! Amazing effort especially on those hills. We'll make sure next weeks group run is a short and flat route...it actually is!

We have a brand new group run next week to The Ladywell Unit to help in their garden. It's around 1km there so 2km in total.


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A hive of activity housed in a fairy-tail mansion in Lewisham

This beautiful building is home to many activities for over 50s. There is a cafe, meeting rooms, a theatre space and a huge garden.

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Julian Osman

Tue 23rd Jul at 9:02pm

Fly tipped wood chip seems to be a tongue twister

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