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Mon 2nd Sep at 7:00pm
Bromley Report written by Bromley runner
NEW LOCATION! 🎉 We headed to Churchfields Recreation Ground in west Beckenham for this session to meet Amanda, who leads a group aiming to make the park look a little nicer. Starting out from Bridge House, we first of all did our intros - this week's question, Which is your favourite bank holiday? (since we missed our Group Run last week). We had a nice spread - Easter, August Bank Holiday, May!
We took off east, unusually for us, and explored some new streets in Penge, crossing over Maple Road and the tram line to get to Churchfields Road, completing a cool 2.1km in the muggy evening air.
Amanda had a dream that the entrance to the park would look a lot more inviting with neatly edged paths, and the playground would be free of litter. GoodGym Bromley were only happy to make this dream come true, so we picked up tools from her well organised cart and got to work.
Fiona, James, David and I edged some paths, while Millie and Molly collected litter, with Catherine and Hannah tackling weeds using trowels.
As the light drew and the clock struck 8, we tidied up and enjoyed some flapjacks kindly provided for our hosts, then heading back via the main road to Bridge House for another 2km on the board.
Amanda was super pleased with our help and we're sure to return to Churchfields soon ❤️
Thu 5th Sep at 9:37am
great work!
Sun 8th Sep at 6:36pm
Lovely stuff 👌
Mon 2nd Sep at 7:00pm
With some path edging, litter picking and weeding.
Read moreMon 12th Aug at 7:00pm
Bromley Report written by Mark Gilyead (he/him)
I'm pretty sure it's the hottest day of the year or something, so some of us were definitely FLAGGING today.
We kicked off at the Bridge House with our top ways to cool down. Fans, iced coffee, cold showers - nice.
Then we split into a couple of groups with the blokes taking a stroll and the women doing a run to Cator Park.
Their new Tiny Forest was looking a wee bit weedy so our task was to get some fresh mulch from the piles over the other side of the park. Buckets, wheelbarrows and many shovels were used to get a good third of the new saplings surrounded.
Millie wasn't sure they were going to get the exciting new Green Flag raised without her husband, so most of us headed off, but fortunately Hannah filmed the flag raising.
Well done Friends of Cator Park and Alexandra Recreation Ground. And well done GoodGymers for playing a seriously key role in making this happen.
Mon 12th Aug at 7:00pm
Mon 22nd Jul at 7:00pm
Well it was an hedgucation for me tonight as it was my first time leading a group run without Mark's supervision but luckily I had 12 awesome GoodGymmers to rely on for moral support. After a run down of our favourite ice creams (why do other countries always have cooler flavours than the UK?!) we made our way to Alexandra Recreation Ground to meet Linda and the other Friends of the Parks volunteers.
Big shout out to Hannah for leading the walking group, Stephen for backmarking the runners and Jing who was attending her first session and bravely accepted the challenge of running the long way round up the hill to the task!
Once we got to the park, Gill and Linda had us pulling out weeds that were diverting nutrients from the hedge saplings planted earlier in the year. Many hands made light work of this task and we had cleared most of the bed within 40 minutes before taking the shorter route back to the Bridge House for some post-run stretches.
Nice work team!
Sun 21st Jul at 1:10pm
Bromley Report written by Linda Gatley
It was all go in Alexandra recreation ground ahead of the Music in the Park event as, with lightening speed, we worked to set up five gazebos, then arranged tables, chairs and ingredients for the Pimms and homemade cakes stalls. Our cheerful GoodGym team joined in alongside volunteers from the Friends group, soaking up the summer vibe and putting into use some excellent fruit chopping skills! The event was a resounding success, raising £1100 which will help with projects to care for and improve this popular green space.
Sun 21st Jul at 1:10pm
Tue 16th Jul at 7:00pm
Bromley Report written by Michael
The GoodGym team braved some rain and drizzle to get down to Kendall Lodge in Bromley to help dig up some weeds, unneeded flowers and create a newly formed flowerbed that will no doubt look lovely in a few months. Fun was had with wheelbarrows, spades and shovels as we helped Mike dig up the areas he needed all whilst having fun doing it.
Wed 17th Jul at 9:51am
Thanks so much for the report, Michael! And great wheelbarrow pic ; )
Mon 15th Jul at 7:00pm
Bromley Report written by Mark Gilyead (he/him)
Fresh off the back of England's defeat at the Euros, our incredible nine-up were shaking off the blues with a good deed for Penge's Salvation Army.
It was lovely to have Charlie back from injury, but very sad to be saying farewell to Nick who is headed off to tread new ground.
We kicked off with our top players from the match. I agree with Kelsey and Catherine that Jonny Longlegs was on top form. Then we split in two.
Cat led the run there crew whilst Charlie, Hannah and I took a stroll to the Sally Army building.
We were met by Becky who had tools and bags-a-plenty, and a jungle of burr-covered weeds to tackle.
Harry took a corner. Clare took our breath away (literally, with mozzie spray). And Catherine dismantled a wee tree - no way it can come back from that.
The rain was due to pour, but fortunately we played a blinder and managed to finish in half-time.
What a team!
We promptly followed this up with a celebratory beverage in honour of Nick.
Wed 17th Jul at 10:23am
This run report title is amazing! :)
Tue 16th Jul at 7:00pm
Help make a natural environment for people to enjoy
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