A broom for an elf or a giant's toothbrush?

41 Goodgymers helped their local community in Lambeth
Katie Welford
James Kerry-Barnard
John Hunter
George Bright
Rachel Sutton
Isabel Sloman
George Clarkson
Dawn Gibson
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Tessa Hall
Lucy Ranson
Freyja Winterson
Hannah
Michael Welsh
Samantha
Zara
Nicky Woodall
Rebecca Brooke
George
Lavinia Walsh
Rachel Whitfield
Andrew Gilyead
Philip Woodall
Nicholas Winfield
Paul Fawcett
Charlotte Emms
Alice Rivers
Egle
Eleanor
Rhona
J Tremelling
Emma
Steven Jarman
Caitlin Padget
Andrew
Rebecca
Jack Maden
Hannah Cox
Jason Morris
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Lambeth

Tuesday 2nd October 2018

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Katie Welford
Katie Welford

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George Bright
George Bright

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The first week of October meant it was proper dark when we started our run and even darker when we finished! Luckily, we had two great tasks to get on with and everyone was super up for it.

A smaller group led by JKB headed back to the Tulse Hill Estate, where task owner Vinnie and his barky dog had three jobs that needed our attention. One group sorted out a compost heap that was a right mess, another moved a big old load of soil whilst group 3 moved a load of soil. You could say it was an evening of MOVING for this team but boy did they do well. Shout outs to Andrew and Rebecca who stayed behind to tidy up at the end. TOP STUFF.

WOOF! WOOF! Said the dog.

The rest headed to the fantastic Grove Adventure Playground, which is 1km away. For those wanting a longer run, Tom H led a group 3.5km round the houses. Once there, some people set about digging holes in the ground to plant some grasses that were from the Chelsea Flower Show don't you know. It turns out this was much harder than it seemed as chunks of concrete were awaiting us below the surface. After some serious perseverance all grasses got planted, which task owner Anthea was very impressed by. Another group filled up a flower bed with soil and the rest set about some serious weeding of flower beds out the front and also between the paving out the back. Even more people swept and mopped the floor inside. All in all, we got loads done and one tool was like a broom but had a tiny head on the end and we thought it was like a giant's toothbrush. So that was fun.

It's like a giant's toothbrush! Said Freyja.

On return to base, we tucked into some delicious biscuits and some cake that had candles on it as it was Katie's (that's me!) birthday so that was very nice. THANKS LAMBETH!


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David Ewens

Wed 3rd Oct 2018 at 5:28pm

Well Happy Blooming Birthday to you Katie 🎂

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