59 GoodGymers have supported Bournemouth Parks with 27 tasks.
Monday 29th July
Written by Daryl Venner
It was a task of meeting old friends,Emma,Milly,Sophie who have just finished at Uni it's nice to see you again plus Charlotte Caprice's sister who is over from Tenerife and enjoys coming on a Goodgym .We all meet in Meyrick park for a litter pick ,as there was a concert in the park over the weekend.We soon got to work gathering up the litter,Caprice found a pair of Jeans,Charlotte found a grill from a B Q not to be out done Emma, Milly,and Sophie found not One but Six Vapes,plus various feathers in all different colours. In the Forty five Minutes we filled Three rubbish sacks all in a short space of time.I hope to see you all on the next task.
Monday 3rd June
Written by Daryl Venner
I would like to start the report with a welcome to Mohammed who joined us for the first time Mohammed has just moved to Bournmouth from Birmingham.Eleanor,Mohammed ,Caprice and Daryl meet at the Brewhouse for the short run to Meyrick Park,as we turned into the road leading to the park we were greeted by a load of litter which we soon picked up Mohammed found a slipper which a random item to leave in the road .Eleanor found a wicker basket not to be left out Caprice found a pair of sliders in bright green with "Why Not" on them .We managed to collect four bags of Rubbish which goes a long way to keeping the park clean for all to enjoy. I look forward to seeing you all on the next task.
Saturday 25th May
Written by Bournemouth runner
Six Goodgymmers, Daryl, Janet, Chloe, James, Keith and Lea, all got up early on this very sunny Bank Holiday Saturday to join the Parks Foundation team in Pelhams Park. The task today: putting raised beds together and filling them with soil for the community to use for growing vegetables. Keith got his drill out and started drilling holes where James had carefully measured and marked the solid oak beams. Daryl was busy with the electric screwdriver to get the very long screws in. And soon the first bed was up. Along the edges sods had to be put back, so Lea, Janet and Chloe got busy doing that. Other tasks that kept us busy all morning were raking grass, digging up and pulling sods of grass up, shovelling soil in to wheelbarrows and emptying those in the new bed, digging deep holes for the new upright posts to go in, concreting round those posts etc. “Hard graft” it certainly was, but the result was certainly worth it. And once again us Goodgymmers showed everyone that we love a great task!
Monday 22nd January
Written by Daryl Venner
Daryl and Ross meet at the Brewhouse and ran the short distance across the town to Horseshoe Common where we meet Caprice with her two Dogs Rue and Eddie plus Paul, dont leave it so long Paul it was great to see you. Armed with Litter picks we set off round the Common which to our surprise it was very clean which makes a change.We still managed to fill Two half bags of Litter so we managed to leave the area knowing its very clean so all can enjoy the Common.After Three quarters of an hour we said our goodbyes and Daryl and Ross ran back to the Brewhouse Tell next time Daryl
Monday 27th November 2023
Written by Daryl Venner
Daryl and katie meet at the Brewhouse and went for a short run across the town to Horseshoe Common where we meet Eleanor,and Jason i would like to give a warm Goodgym welcome to Jason on his first task it was nice to meet you .Armed with litter picks we walked round the park to which i must say was looking very clean but we still managed to fill a sack and a half.As soon as we set off we walked pasted a bench with to lads sat on it ,we all got a high from the smell of the smoke. As we walked round we soon found the usual bottles ans cans .But we did manage to find a large canister of laughing gas .We soon had a sack and a half of rubbish which we placed by the bins at the entrance. I look forward to seeing you all next week i shall post a task later in the week.
Monday 30th October 2023
Written by Daryl Venner
Daryl and Caprice meet at Kings park Cricket Pavilion and went for a short run round the park.On returning we where joined by Lea and Keith it was nice to see them on a Monday evening.we where also joined by Katie and a new recruit for Bournemouth Nelly {her dog}. We where soon on our way round the park picking up litter which included the usual sweet wrappers wet wipes.Lea found the first unusual item which was a clothes dryer. Not to be out done Daryl found a Shoe Horn and Caprice found a Kinder surprise toy.With the bags almost full we made our way back to the Cricket Pavilion where we had a group photo and said our good byes.I look forward too seeing you on the next task.
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