Tuesday 19th November
Report written by Melanie Young (she/her)
It was back to the business of cleaning, measuring and cataloguing donated Things for the Library of Things, indoors and slightly warmer than it could have been with a yellow warning for ice after the day's snow.*
A bizarrely high number of hoes and drills were in the pile of Things to be listed (to be fair, I'm not sire what a non-bizarre number would be), along with camping chairs, DIY tools, a vintage seeing machine and the inevitable tent which we managed to get back into its slightly-ripped (not by us) bag. Its the only time us GoodGymmers are allowed to touch power tools so we made the most of testing, invluding the dreaded hedge-trimmers.
It was great to see more items joining the inventory and another Library opening soon in Frenchay so even more Bristolians can borrow items instead of buying and storing them.
We were soon on our way again, it seemed to have warmed up a bit and we grabbed a drink at Bar + Block as it was a bit chilly to sit out by the water whilst the speed dating happened at Workout.
Hopefully we'll be back at least once in January to sort through lots more Things!
*no snow in Castle Park
Helping the Bristol community explore a treasure trove of items, from everyday essentials to specialised tools, in our Library of Things, operating in Kingswood and Bedminster.
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A chance to get out of the house to banish some brambles and other weeds