Steph earned his wings at today's task in the Transition Garden. Less than 5 months in to his GoodGym life, he'd completed 100 Good Deeds and seen the garden's hillock of wood chip reduced to nothing. Steph had done a fair bit of that shovelling himself and today was no different 💯

4 runners, Steph, Kash, Christos and Sevan started off the evening with a quick run around Walpole Park, followed by the usual breaking in to the storage at the Rickyard, then escaping with wheelbarrowfuls of tools. Tonight, the 4 GoodGymers startled the park goers who were relaxing on benches by running past them in the dark, head torches ablaze, with plastic wheels rumbling and tools dancing around the bed of the barrow.

They met Milly and Jenni who suspected that some people were loitering in the darkness. The others turned their head torches on to full power and ventured in, finding some young folk hiding at the back. The approaching light seemed to scare them off, so the garden was quiet again!

Divya arrived soon after and today's job was described as:

1. Chop brambles from around the fruit trees
2. Placing wood chip around the base of the now freed trees

There weren't enough cutting tools, nor shovels for the 7 people who came, but they made do. Kash and Jenni used their expertise to identify the fruit trees. Everyone got down to either chopping brambles or filling up the wheelbarrows.

By the end of the task, the main objectives were complete and also: 1. The wood chip pile was completely decimated 2. The team was mentally prepared for a new fir scented hill in January created from this year's Xmas trees.

All that was left to do was to celebrate Steph's acheivement in the pub with a tasty slice of cake or two 🍰