Thorn: Rubble and Rock

2 Goodgymers helped their local community in Birmingham
John Hayes
Louise Portelly
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Birmingham

Sunday 25th April 2021

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Two GoodGym super heroes returned to Hockley Port for our third community mission to clear brambles around the football pitch. We saw that NEAT and their volunteers had cleared another great chunk of brambles last week, so we got underway on what would hopefully be the last section to clear. Using secateurs, hedge trimmers and rakes, we attacked the thorny brambles for the rest of the morning into the early afternoon. Louise not only cut and dragged the weeds away, but also got into the undergrowth to shift away rocks, bricks and rubble. As we got ready to leave, we had reached the important milestone of a clear line through to the path at the front of the field. The piles of brambles behind us were burned away in no time as well. A great sign of progress as we joined in with this task a fortnight ago in the far corner.



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Louise Portelly

Sun 25th Apr 2021 at 2:45pm

Thanks John! Great report and title, good to see you :)

John Hayes

Sun 25th Apr 2021 at 4:27pm

Grr to see you too, thank you!

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