What's up dock?

10 Goodgymers helped their local community in Brighton
STEFANIA ROSSO
Harrison
Edward
Rosie Baker
Jane Dallaway
Sarah Katharine
Carla Washbourne
Pippa A
Frances Ruocco
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Brighton

Tuesday 27th August

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STEFANIA ROSSO
STEFANIA ROSSO

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Rosie Baker
Rosie Baker

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Jane Dallaway
Jane Dallaway

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Sarah Katharine
Sarah Katharine

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Carla Washbourne
Carla Washbourne

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Frances Ruocco
Frances Ruocco

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One of the longer distances to a mission for much of the GoodGym Brighton crowd, we ran and wheeled our way out west to Vale Park in the beautiful late summer sunshine.

Main mission: removing a huge proliferation of dock plants and bindweed from the park’s beloved yellow rose bed, giving the roses space to really do their thing.

Yellow roses are aptly a symbol of friendship and we always welcome new friends at GoodGym Brighton! Tonight, we were joined by Harrison, Edward, and Nick on their first GoodGym community mission.

Working under the excellent direction of Lucy and other Friends of Vale Park we donned gardening gloves and spread ourselves around the rose beds. Moving between waves of excited chatter and meditative hush, we pulled up plants and unwound bind weed from branches and stems. At points we were all so hidden in the depths of the flowerbeds that only occasional flashes of red t-shirt gave us away.

Creating an ever-growing pyramid of leaves adjacent to the flower bed, we stacked our spoils higher and higher like a childhood game of dare until the pile eventually slumped. Then started all over again.

Roses freed, we ran off into the sunset like the subtle superheroes we all are.


Ciao Ciao Carla, Bye Bye, lovely friend and GoodGym Brighton Hero.

Tonight, with a sightly tingled heart, GoodGym Brighton said GoodBye to you but we truly believe it is only a "Bye For Now" . Wherever you'll go you will be always shining, having fun and keep dancing💃. You are already a lovely and confident GoodGym Fitness Run Leader and, soon, so you will become for GoodGym Warwick & Leamington Spa. 'Lucky they are' :-), says Stefania

Be [GoodGym] always with you!

You might move elsewhere but our friendship stays forever, and we will be here waiting for your return ❤.


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We are a local community in south Portslade dedicated to improving Vale Park. We love our park and hope that you do too!

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