The fellowship of the walk

6 Goodgymers helped their local community in Ealing
Chloe McF
StephDucat
Madhan
Kash
Sevan
Sean
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Ealing

Sunday 14th January

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Madhan
Madhan

REPORT WRITER

PHOTOGRAPHER

Kash
Kash

PHOTOGRAPHER

Sevan
Sevan

SESSION ORGANISER

WALK LEADER

BACK MARKER

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After marshalling at Pitshanger I was slowly strolling towards Ealing Broadway. A guy with Hot chocolate in one hand and almond croissant in the other waved hi at me. The last time I saw him, he was shoveling steaming hot manure on top of a hill. It was Sean, who arrived earlier and went to Popeye's nearby to kill some time.

Then I noticed a red streak going past us and entering into a coffee shop. Two other familiar faces walked behind. I dragged Sean and followed them. It's the group who volunteered at the Acton Junior Park run this morning.

5 out of the 6 people who signed up for the slow ways task were at the coffee shop. We were expecting one more person to join us.

Little did we know that this person came all the way from Clapham for her first GoodGym task.

Chloe introduced herself to us. Sevan briefed us about the slow ways task and we were all set for a 6km walk from Ealing Broadway Station to Southall Town Hall.

Sevan upped the challenge for himself by leading the task along with being a backmarker. We took photos at regular intervals to notice if there were any accessibility issues while also remembering the various GoodGym tasks that we've done in the past along the way.

A few of us checked GPS once in a while to ensure we were on the right track. Golf courses, blocked routes, and fences didn't stop us from going forward.

After walking through the quiet streets, parks, and muddy areas, we emerged out to the main road somewhere around Iron Bridge. Then it was a straight walk alongside the main road.

When the clock read 13:14, we were in front of the Town Hall. Though we had a delayed start, we managed to reach the destination on time.

Hands were cold and our bladders were giving up. We then walked to Chaiiwala nearby and warmed and relaxed ourselves.


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Kash

Sun 14th Jan at 8:46pm

Thank you for organising and leading the sessions today, Sevan! Madhan, great report - I had a laugh reading it! All - don't forget to add your review of the route if you can: https://beta.slowways.org/Route/Soueal/9231.

Chloe McF

Sun 14th Jan at 9:37pm

This great Madhan 😂. Thank you for putting this together; was an absolute pleasure meeting you today!

Jack Da Silva

Mon 15th Jan at 12:00pm

Great to see a Slow Ways session!

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