Doing Good in Gledholt Wood

7 Goodgymers helped their local community in Huddersfield
Kati Law
Ben Godfrey
Liz Walsh
Helen Rutherford
Julie Polzin
SallyAnn Masih
John Fletcher
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Huddersfield

Saturday 18th May 2019

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After parkrun this morning, seven runners headed over to Gledholt Woods to help Richard and Jim from Friends of Gledholt Woods to tackle a large amount of litter which had been chucked over the wall from Gledholt Bank.

The team included GoodGym first timers SallyAnn Masih who regularly walks her dogs Sonic and Fudge in the woods, John Fletcher who was visiting Huddersfield parkrun as his usual parkrun of Storthes Hall had been cancelled and Julie Polzin, who I ran 5k with at Acre Street Runners several months ago and had told her all about GoodGym then. Also on the team were Helen Rutherford, Liz Walsh and GoodGym regular Ben Godfrey. (Ben politely let me beat him at parkrun this morning! Thank you Ben!)

Everyone donned their gloves, grabbed a bin bag and we were off. SallyAnn, litter picking champion, was the first to fill her bag. There was the usual fare of empty plastic bottles, crisp packets and coffee cups. Some of the more unusual finds included a toy train, a tooth brush, a duvet and a sign informing us fly tippers could be fined up to £50 000 or face up to six months in prison!

25 bags later we had collected most of the rubbish and the woods looked far more attractive. After the obligatory group photos some people shot off home for a much needed post-parkrun shower, while the caffeine addicts amongst us headed to the cafe in Greenhead Park for a coffee, chat and a read of Thursday's Examiner! https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/amazing-gym-group-makes-every-16279275.amps://


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Louise Galvin

Sat 18th May 2019 at 4:18pm

Well done everyone! Great turnout :)

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