Meyrick Williams

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WWF x GoodGym Bath: Help the volunteers at Sydney gardens!
🗓Sunday 27th April 10:15am

📍Bath Sports and Leisure Centre BA2 4ET

Improve the habitat and park for visitors

Meyrick WilliamsKamKateTanya Lock
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Tue 15th Apr at 6:15pm


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Meyrick Williams

Mon 14th Apr at 7:27pm

Happy Monday GoodGymmers!! Tomorrow's visit to St John's Court has a run attached to it. If you want to skip the run and head straight for the Mission, be there for 18:30. If you are up for the run, meet at the entrance to the Sports Centre at 18:15. The run route can seen here (copy and paste this URL into your browser as it is not clickable here): https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6498371419/

Meyrick Williams

Mon 14th Apr at 7:29pm

There might be something called 'rain' throughout the evening. If I can recall that means we are supposed to wear waterproofs, so you might want to do that. It'll be a cool evening so warm clothes might also be a good idea. We may have to work outside in the gardens, the venue will confirm on the night.

Emily Kitson

Tue 15th Apr at 3:08pm

Thanks Meyrick, I'm planning on joining the run if rain not too rainy!

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Sun 13th Apr at 10:15am

Pruning at the Old Supper House

Bath Report written by Meyrick Williams (He/Him)

We've had some wonderful weather recently, but as is oft the case with the English climate, it doesn't stay for long. Having said that, it wasn't in any way uncomfortable as 8 GoodGymmers (Cosmo, Ruth, Aaron, Jason, Emily, Kate, Ava and Meyrick arrived for one of two visits to Sydney Gardens this month.

Dry it was, and cloudy, perhaps a little chilly in the wind, but a far cry from winter which I hope we've now left well behind. The Friends of Sydney Gardens have a 'formal event' of some kind on the 11th of May, (apparently the mayor is attending). There are certain areas that need a tidy up before this as they will be viewed by the visiting dignitaries, and GoodGym Bath were more than happy to help.

There is a gated enclosure next to the Holburn Museum, which acts as a store for grounds maintenance. In the middle of this area is a derelict building, a relic from the 1700s. Our supervisor educated us that back in those days, this derelict building was in fact a 'Supper Room' and was linked to the main building (the Holburn Museum) by a series of other buildings, a bit like the West Wing.

This was overgrown with weeds, brambles, nettles and saplings all vying for dominance; the result of years of neglect had let them run amok. Our job was to trim this unsightly flora back and reveal what is left of the Supper Room to be seen in all it's glory - this will, though, take some imagination.

We pretty much cleared it all in the short time we had. Great work GoodGymmers, we'll be back in two weeks.

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Sun 23rd Mar at 10:15am


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Meyrick Williams

Sat 22nd Mar at 8:25pm

Happy Saturday GoodGymmers!! Don't forget, if you are joining the run/walk it's 10:15 outside the Sports Centre. If not, meet us on the main bridge across the railway line in Sydney Gardens at 10:30. Run route for those interested is here (copy and paste this as it is not clickable in message): https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6466750768/

Meyrick Williams

Sat 22nd Mar at 8:27pm

Weather will be overcast tomorrow, but should stay dry. Temperatures will be around 12°C and 13°C, which means it's pretty mild.

Julie Ridley

Sun 23rd Mar at 8:10am

Hello Meyrick ,

Julie Ridley

Sun 23rd Mar at 8:12am

I hope everyone is well. I will be meeting you in Sydney Gardens now rather than running as originally planned . Where shall I park ? Thank you

Meyrick Williams

Sun 23rd Mar at 9:00am

Hi Julie! Just seen this message, I think parking is difficult around the park, but people that drive in have found spaces off Bathwick Hill, leaves a bit of a walk I'm afraid but you could try that?

Julie Ridley

Sun 23rd Mar at 9:38am

Thank you ! I will be with you as soon as I find somewhere to park . Looking forward to meeting you all

Meyrick Williams

Sun 23rd Mar at 10:39am

Looking guard to bring you too! Of we are not on the bridge above the railway, find us up by the tennis courts. Look for the red t-shirts.

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Sun 22nd Jun at 10:15am

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Sun 8th Jun at 10:15am

Help the volunteers at Sydney gardens!

Improve the habitat and park for visitors

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Sun 23rd Feb at 10:15am

Hole in One!

Bath Report written by Meyrick Williams (He/Him)

The weather was epic this Sunday. A fresh southwesterly breeze and rain-threatening clouds welcomed eight GoodGymmers as we returned to Sydney Gardens for our regular monthly visit.

Joining us today, and both very welcome, were newcomers Kate, and Ava. The usual suspects rocking up were Cosmo, Ruth, Aaron, Emily, Vicky and Meyrick.

We can never quite be sure about the task awaiting us, but Sydney Gardens always offers up a physical challenge. This time, there was a return to a task we had started last Summer. Up at the top of the park, adjacent with the tennis courts, lie two fenced off 'mounds' with gated entrances half submerged in the earth. As far as I have been able to understand, these domed structures contain a grotto/reservoir where water collects, fed from one of the many rivulets that descend from the high hills beyond. This work was completed in pre-Victorian times, for reasons unknown and vegetation and creeping earth have done their best to swallow them up.

The Friends of Sydney Gardens would like the entrances to these dug up in order that they can be turned into features of some kind in the future. A lot of work needs to happen before that goal can be realised, so for the moment just moving topsoil out to other areas will have to suffice.

In fact I was there in December, the sole attendee on that occasion, digging down to the entrance to one grotto and creating a pile of earth. Today we moved that pile of earth into a hole that needed filling.

Whilst half of us did this, (and too many hands etc), newcomers Kate and Ava joined Vicky in weeding around the perimeter of the tennis courts (people were playing despite the weather) to make it look presentable when Spring arrives.

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Sun 26th Jan at 10:15am

What on earth? Three GoodGymers brave the weather to help restore Sydney Gardens in Bath

Bath Report written by Ruth

Storm Herminia cut our workforce in half but three GoodGymers still came out to help the volunteers at Sydney Gardens. Dave, Meyrick and Ruth started with a group run from the Leisure Centre - actually it was more of a leisurely walk but, hopefully, we managed to clock up a mile or so for the January Challenge.

Jane Austen once walked the paths of Sydney Gardens - she lived close by and attended promenades and other events in the park. So when GoodGym turn up to help restore the grade II listed space, they stand in solidarity with the author.

Today however the pleasure gardens weren't quite so pleasant, given the appalling weather. We had actually been due to move (heaven and) earth to fill in a rather large dip in the ground but rain stopped play.

Instead, we were given the job of helping the regular volunteers clear topsoil and vegetation with a view to creating a path next to the railway. Network Rail has recently installed some fencing next to the track to make it safer and Gill, the organiser, wanted to extend a walk alongside.

She pointed out what looked like a recess for a bench for visitors to enjoy the view and watch the trains go by. Who knows? Perhaps the esteemed author sat there once.

Spades, forks, colourful buckets and wheelbarrows were brought in to tackle the piles of soil and brush. You might say, "What on earth were we doing to take it on in the downpour?" But that's GoodGym for you!

We managed to make quite an impact during our session - although more work is needed to see if the famous writer's footprints will be revealed. (Spoiler alert - very unlikely!)

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Bristol runner

Sun 26th Jan at 5:24pm

Great to meet you both this morning, Meyrick and Ruth, despite the weather and thanks for making me feel so welcome :-)

Ruth

Mon 27th Jan at 4:47pm

You were fab Dave - do come again!

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