Leave no stone unturned

24 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Neil Bushell
Lyndsey Hay
Hannah Leadbetter
Abigail Darton
Cara Organ
Michael Leadbetter
Vicky Hearson
Mitch
Paul Kelly
Nicola Gover
Stefan Durkin
Ed Woollard
Leanne
Laura Barrett
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York

Saturday 27th January

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After contacting many organisations it was looking like we may not have a task for our weekend away. With 2 days notice we decided to call the local school and Gavin at Langdale C of E School came up trumps!

We ran or walked the 3km from the hostel and was met by Gavin who had a list of jobs and a map! There was lots to do-

1- clear stones to level off a playing field 2- Use the stones to build a wall 3- clear leaves into the compost 4- move soil to fill a raised bed 5- clear the area near the fence 6- Dig in a pipe 7- Dig out the pond 8- Making a dead hedge 9- clearing an area in the woodland

in usual goodgym style we haphazardly got into groups and attacked the tasks with gusto! With a quick tea break we worked hard for a couple of hours and made a big dent in the jobs.

Gavin was very grateful and said if we come back there may be a pizza oven next time. What more incentive do we need!

We headed home via a couple of pubs ready to start the evening fun!



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