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The phoneless chimney sweep...

Wednesday 17th September

Written by Laura

...you had to be there for that one!!

Tonight we had a new task & headed up to Shire Oak Primary School to help paint the walls for the new sensory outdoor classroom. We got to work & managed to do all the weeding too. The walls will need another coat, so we're going back in October to finish the job.

Lots of amusing conversations were had with topics including eyebrows, beards, tents blowing away, the US ambassador and comedy writing! Oh and a phoneless chimney sweep...

Thanks for a great evening all :)

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Top of the Hops

Tuesday 16th September

Written by Laura

On Tuesday evening, we collaborated with the Leeds Summit on Community Sport For Development and Diplomacy & held a GoodGym session for people attending the summit.

We headed up to Bedford Fields Community Garden to meet Beth for various jobs including a very satisfying one, pulling all the strings of hop off the cabin. We then hung the hop to dry so they can use it for beer making and decorations.

We also did some weeding, clearing and stick preparations!

It was great to meet everyone & thanks for supporting GoodGym Leeds!

A big thanks to Jason & Ivo for ensuring the runners got to where they needed to be.

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Nice and sloe-ly does it

Wednesday 10th September

Written by Helen Noyes

So how do you make sloe gin? Val offered us a quick lesson in making these sour fruits into a delicious drink...just add gin. Who knew! We spent the evening at Bedford Fields working alongside Val doing some serious weeding, pruning, and stripping the strings of bindweed to make strings of fibre for weaving into something or other...basically if you drink enough sloe gin you can do anything! Welcome to Ian on his first task with us, hope to see you again soon.

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When the woodchips are down...

Wednesday 3rd September

Written by Laura

Another great evening spent at Beckhill Community Garden tonight.

We ran from Heart to meet Lyn for litter picking, laying cardboard & spreading lots of wood chip over a large area. We finished off with a bit of weeding.

Happy belated birthday to Lyn!

Tonight we said goodbye to Elspeth who's moving to Nottingham, good luck & we'll miss you!

Welcome to Dan who joined us for the first time in years tonight .

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Treacherous Terrain

Sunday 31st August

Written by Laura

On Sunday, 6 GoodGymers headed to the 7 mile Meanwood Valley Trail race. Helen, Rachel, Eno & Chloe raced and Jason & Elspeth marshalled for their other running club. It was a tricky course so there were a few tumbles but well done for doing it guys!

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A sting operation

Saturday 30th August

Written by Laura

Today, I headed up to OWLS allotments to weed the back bed. It was covered in nettles so I was stung A LOT but it looked loads better by the time I left :)

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