Steak & Snips

2 Goodgymers helped an isolated person in Islington
Sevan
Kash
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Islington

Sunday 9th November

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Ms D showed Kash and Sevan into her back garden at the start of their mission and left them to get on with things. The only problem was, they didn't know what to do, didn't have any tools and didn't have any bags for waste. They called Ms D back outside and she explained the problem. There were still, however, no tools to cut the vines and branches growing over the back wall as she'd expected Kash and Sevan to bring their own.

"Do you have any scissors?" - Kash
"Only a small pair" - Ms D
"Or a steak knife?" - Sevan
"Let me see..." - Ms D

Ms D returned with a pair of kitchen scissors and a kitchen knife instead of the suggested steak variety. Well, the GoodGymers would do their best with what they had. Some vines were coming over the top from the other side and the rest were growing on Ms D's side out of the wall. They went behind a trellis, up the wall and through some spiky anti-climb furniture at the top. There were cables running through the vines too, so there was potential danger with each snip and slice.

The pair couldn't reach the top of the wall nor the anti-climb thing, so they tried to cut the high lines off by snapping or cutting lower down. With a mix of pulling, chopping and slicing, most of the vines and branches were taken down, without damaging the wires. There was enough time at the end to weed between the slabs and sweep up the mess of leaves and branches to fill 6 black bags.

The mission that looked challenging at the start ended up with a good result, even if it would've been much easier with a step ladder and some shears.



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StephDucat

Sun 9th Nov at 7:48pm

My steak will be medium rare - dont forget your knife for your next mission 😂🤣

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