Pebbles without a Cause

36 Goodgymers helped their local community in Lambeth
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Katie Welford
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Lucy Ranson
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Frances Collier-Wright
Laura Hyrapetian
Michael Welsh
Joanna Silman
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Tim Wheatley
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Emily Prescott
Andrew Gilyead
Charlotte Emms
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Lambeth

Tuesday 12th February 2019

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Katie Welford
Katie Welford

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Steve Jenkins
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Charlotte Emms
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Hooray for balmy February evenings when you have an outdoor task! No snow! No sleet! No cold rain from the sky! All of these meant a fortuitous evening ahead, surely?

Well. Sort of. We headed to the lovely Myatt's Fields park in two groups - one heading the 2km straight there and the other taking in a 4km route with sights including: Stockwell AND Oval underground stations, plus the busy junction bit at the end of Brixton Road. Don't say I don't spoil you Lambeth.

I really love that busy junction bit at the end of Brixton Road! Said Steve on his 4km sightseeing run

On arrival at Myatt's Fields we found the lights were not on and noone was at home. Oh dear! A mix up meant that they were not prepared for our arrival. However, they were soon to be on their way, so we took advantage of the lovely low wall to do some squats and ankle conditioning whilst we waited. When we got let into the park, there was a muddy area leading to the nature garden that needed some matting putting down and then lots of gravel covering it.

A crack team of very neat MATTERS started laying down the undercoat, whilst everyone else went on a headtorch run around the park, then did some lovely jump squat high fives and some squat knee jousting. Once ready, we used our hands as human shovels to start spreading the pebbles all over the matting. It was something of a religious experience I would say, where people could perhaps make a wish or take a moment to think about what they wanted to let go of before having a good old scatter.

This is the most ceremonial gravel spreading you have ever seen! Said Katie

I am not sure everyone agreed with this perspective but hey ho I'm the boss, though to be honest not for much longer folks, so either way you're in luck!

As the clock started counting down to the end of the session we grabbed some shovels and plastic boxes to get more gravel spread out. Most of us headed back and a small group of committed individuals left no stone unturned until there was an excellent spread across the whole area.

The task owner could not believe her eyes and we could all head home proud of a wacky job well done. Pure GoodGym!


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Myatt's Fields Park
Voted one of the 10 best parks in Britain!

Myatt’s Fields Park is run by a charity called Myatt’s Fields Park Project (MFPP) in partnership with Lambeth Council. Their mission is to grow a green and healthy neighbourhood by providing a beautiful environment, along with events, food, wellbeing, education and enterprise projects that meet the needs of the diverse area. They see the park as a true community hub, welcoming people of all ages and backgrounds.

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