Better the gravel you know

4 Goodgymers helped their local community in Waltham Forest
Rebecca
Tony
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Waltham Forest

Wednesday 1st December 2021

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We met at the Greenleaf Rd church with everyone arriving promply except me (rolls her eyes at herself)! We waited a bit for others but with late cancellations and a no-show it was the awesome foursome that ended up running in the cold dark night!

Welcome to Rebecca!

This was Rebecca's first run in Waltham Forest as she recently moved into the area - a very warm welcome Rebecca, great to have you!

Running up the hill

We chose a straight route to St Peter in the forest but that meant a few uphill runs that felt rather hard! But we were determined so quickly arrived at the churchyard and got to work!

Gravelling Up

Ramon and Rebecca were in charge of putting down the weed suppressant and pinning it down and they did a great job! In the meantime myself and Tony (ok mostly Tony...:)) were wheelbarrowing the bags of gravel from the top of the churchyard (a tough arm workout with deflated wheelbarrow wheels!)!

Long run back

Energised and slightly chilled we decided to do a long run back (Ramon's shortcut;)) with Rebecca and Ramon leaving towards on the way home so Tony and I made a night of it but running the longer way, getting lost on the way once or twice, and making it a 6km run kind of evening!

Until next time!


This task supported
St Peter-in-the-Forest Community Centre & Church
A place to bring local communities together and improve natural environment for wildlife

Since November 2019, we have been in rebuild mode. We were blessed to receive a large grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund of money raised from National Lottery players right across the country. This will help renovate and reorder our church building as part of our major five-year activity plan. When the dust settles we are not going to slow down: our church will become a busy centre for community arts, community gardening, community cooking, and community history. Whoever you are and whatever your story is, you will find a place with us in our corner of Epping Forest.

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Tony

Thu 2nd Dec 2021 at 5:19pm

Boy band pic is ace!

Redbridge runner

Thu 2nd Dec 2021 at 5:34pm

😂

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