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24 Goodgymers helped their local community in Cardiff
Michael
Emma Wilkins
Benjamin Annear
Fiona Guy
Alexis Wiseman
Lowri Davies
Aimee Giles
Martin Graff
Nathan Swain
Sue Smith
Charlotte Dawes
Darren
Andrew Skelton
Imy Hopkins
Llion Wigley
Stuart Lewes
Nicky Woodall
Emma Hughes-McEwan
Flo
Sophie Hastings
Pauline Harrison
Katie Allan
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Cardiff

Sunday 26th April 2020

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This week, Ben set runners across the United Kingdom the task of running to a street near them that began with the same letter as their own name. They had to get a photo with the street sign and share a fact about the street. The response has been amazing and we've had runners across the UK getting involved - wooo - a whopping 25 of you in fact!

Here is a summary of streets the runners ran to and the facts they found out:

  • Ben ran to Bute street. And after doing a little digging on the internet, he found out that his great great grandfather used to live on the street!
  • Sophie ran to Sophia Close - Sophia Gardens is a large public park in Riverside, Cardiff. The park is named after Sophia Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute (1809–1859)
  • Andrew ran to Andrews road. Andrews road is named after Emile Andrews who, along with Mr & Mrs C P Hailey, used to own the land that 1926 became Hailey Park.
  • Lowri Davies ran to Davies road! Davies is a patronymic Welsh surname. Davies is the 2nd most common surname in Wales & 8th most common in England of Welsh descendants - Wow! Learn something new everyday :D
  • Nicky from GoodGym Lambeth ran to Normandy road. In 1985, an incident that happened on Normandy road sparked the Brixton Riots.
  • Darren ran to Darran street! And the fact: Darran Street is 132.63 miles West from London & 0.98 miles North West from the centre of Cardiff.
  • Flo ran to Fairoak road. Factoid: this is the only Fairoak Road in the UK!
  • Alison ran to Archer road. Archer road is close to the Darlington Stockton railway line, which was the world's first public railway to use steam trains - Woooo, pretty awesome!
  • Fiona ran to Felin Fach road. 'Felin Fach' means 'small mill'. There's actually a pub called The Felin Fach Griffin. It has a 4.5 on TripAdvisor and is definitely a place to visit after lockdown.
  • 'C'harlotte ran to 'C'emaes Crescent' The word 'Cemaes' derives from the Welsh word 'Cemais' which means bend in a river!
  • 'I'my doesn't have a street name beginning with I within 10 miles from where she lives, so instead she ran to T'Immy's Lane instead (and covered the T - hehe! Well done Imy :)
  • Alice ran to Alice street. Fact about Alice Street : average age of residents there is 33.92 years!

Thank you to everyone who took part in this week's challenge. It's great to have you involved <3



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