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Goat to love it!

Sunday 12th January

Written by Emma McNally

We were met at the farm gates by Pat on a freezing winters morning. The farm was looking stunning in the chilly weather with bright blue skies. Our task for the morning was to fill a new allotment bed with manure and soil and then remove the soil and dismantle an old allotment bed. We did a lot of shovelling but managed to get the task done. Our reward at the end was feeding the goats!

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Sam LefevreElena VornicMaria Kostoulia

An Ice Morning in Peckham

Sunday 12th January

Written by Southwark runner

The icy weather didn't stop 77 kids from turning out this morning on Peckham Rye.

Anna tailwalked, collecting high fives along the way from fellow Goodgymers Maria, Elena and Sam who were marshalling en route.

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NellyDaryl ShawNathan WoodIsaac BeevorGemmaAlex Bowring

Tree-mendous clear up

Wednesday 8th January

Written by Isaac Beevor (He/him)

12 Goodgymmers competed against each other to clear up trees around Telegraph Hill.

On a night with snow, sleet and rain we set off from Old Spike, very wrapped up, after a brief warm up.

At Telegraph Hill we split up into 3 teams to collect trees. Paulin's team won with a massive 8 trees collected and 2.3km run and a total of 37 points.

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Gosia Rybacka

Bready or not, here I come!

Monday 6th January

Written by Gosia Rybacka

Gosia helped with sorting the donations for Borough Food Cooperative. Had some second thoughts ๐Ÿ’ญ as the weather was just awful in the morning, with a heavy rain ๐ŸŒง and strong wind ๐ŸŒฌ. I ended up arriving at 10:30 soaked with hair all over the place ๐Ÿงน๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ.

Almost right away the delivery truck ๐Ÿšš arrived so I made a break and helped with unloading it. Once all have been moved to the main hall, the tasks I tackled this time were as follows:

  • - assembling and labelling assorted packages of bread ๐Ÿž - delivery was very large and I spent almost an hour on this task;
  • - assembling and labelling assorted packages of rolls and pastries ๐Ÿฅ - just few packages here;
  • - checking and sorting fruit supplies ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ - a quick review of crates with pineapples and bananas and preparing them to go on the shelves;
  • - sorting a mix of food on the racks ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿฅฃ - all to keep the products nice and tidy ready for the shoppers tomorrow.

There were just two volunteers today but we maange to tackle the entire delivery. Although I was in doubt in the morning I ended up being very pleased that I decided to be here today!

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Sam LefevreClare GilbertOlive
Maria Kostoulia

Rain character energy

Sunday 5th January

Written by Southwark runner

A very wet junior parkrun in peckham this morning. As I walked to my marshal point at 8.55, I could only see 4 children coming to run! Luckily everyone was just timing it well to minimise rain time, and we had 41 finishers altogether by 9.30.

This doesn't count the few drop outs along the way, which meant Olive had her work cut out as tail walker / runner as she sped to keep up with the last runners. Sam, Maria and Clare were on the finish line.

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Emma Keen
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The Missing Screws!

Sunday 29th December 2024

Written by Laura Grant

The farm had brought some new containers to store barley. After clearing out the storage shed, our task was to unpack the component parts from the delivery and assemble the containers; this was required some understanding of flat pack furniture construction. The farm had ordered three containers each complete with a lid and inner panels. We opened the first pack and looked at the instructions. All the parts were there but no screws. Then, the second pack; again no screws. Finally, we opened the third pack which was complete. It was a full team effort to read the instructions and fit all the panels together but eventually we assembled one container! Hopefully the additional screws will arrive in time for our next session.

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