Journey to the centre of the earth

9 Goodgymers helped their local community in Chelmsford
Dawn Hopper
Mohammed Al-absi
Leah Callan
Benedict Dubois
Martin George
Sallyann Jeffrey
Russell Dolton
Fay Downing
David Chatterjee
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Chelmsford

Wednesday 7th May

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Lo and behold another Wednesday, another lovely GoodGym.

Leah turned up first, wearing a full puffer jacket like an absolute psychopath in the blazing 13 degree sunshine before ripping her sleeves off to make it a gilet.

Mohammed quickly signed up before the deadline, fresh from taking four minutes off his Parkrun personal best this weekend, great work! It was great to meet Dawn who had seen us on Facebook too! As a former teacher, she could be the best we've had at actually remembering people's names.

We ran to Tyrells school to get dug in. Martyn built a trench while sadly letting me know that jerusalem artichokes are actually awful to prepare so when they're finally grown they wont even be nice. Which is annoying. Russell decided to break a fork and complain about having to go to the office to work. I took some lovely photos, all of them seem to have Ben in: pogo stick attempt, sitting on a window ledge, group shot, or even just his thigh in the 'after' pic! Fay told us about a genuinely remarkable good deed she did this weekend. I'd only asked her if she had any hilarious dating stories for the run report... As we left we noticed Sallyann appeared to have a poop bag with her...no questions were asked about what she dug up.

We ran back a slightly shorter route than planned, took a photo and Dawn saved me with a lift home.

Great running and moving of earth! Bit of a wild task I know but it all helps prepare the area for the children to have as a sustainable, outdoor space.


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We are a primary school and we use the allotment area to grow fruit and vegetables to use in our DT cooking curriculum as well as the school kitchen. It is a peaceful area and it provides the children with an opportunity to get outside and experience gardening, improving their health and mental wellbeing.

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