The rain held off for our uphill run to Arbourthorne Community Primary School, who were preparing their beautiful grounds for a horticultural show on Wednesday (there's even going to be llamas there!). A few of us grabbed some scissors and foraged for the last flowers left from the Summer for the children to make into little bouquets, which apparently they really enjoy and get to take home and keep afterwards. We "sampled" some of the fruit in the trees as we went, including crispy apples. Adrian and Ewan cut some willow plants for the kids to weave into wands. Arbourthorne Primary School have created areas of sustainable resources such as the willow plant, which can also be seen put to use in other areas such as a dome shaped den that we tidied a couple months ago. And even after the storm we had a few days ago, there is always watering to be done. Some GoodGymmers took on the task of watering the plants and flowers in the polytunnel - luckily the water butts were full! Angela very kindly shared some fruit from FoodWorks with us. Foodworks is a community action project in Sheffield working to reduce food waste and make wholesome meals accessible to everybody. Good luck in the horticultural show!

We had a new runner along to tonights task.

A BIG GG welcome to...

Amal

Please give her a woop, hola and cheer!

It was Amal's first run for quite a while and she did fantastically well on a hilly and long route. She maintained being able to chat with Celine who did an EXCELLENT job of being a really encouraging and supporting run buddy!

Really nice to see new people from other areas of the city getting involved with GG. Amal hails from Parsons Cross which is an area we haven't had people come from before. Amal said she had a great time and is looking to come back again next week! We hope to see you soon Amal!

This weeks task took us up, up and up to Heeley Green to meet with Fran Elliot and two neighbours to help with the green space the community there has taken ownership of.

This week the main task was to try and edge back the overgrown grass, brambles and weeds that were enroaching onto the path. In a relitively small space of time we got a lot done and it was a very noticeable and enjoyable task!

Hopefully we will be back again to continue the great work going on in this space of the city!

Until next time, happy running! :)