A Scythe of Relief

45 Goodgymers helped their local community in Bristol
Christopher Lewis
Fran Girling
David Head
Lisa Elliott
Richard Breakspear
Melanie Young
Shona Buchanan
Mair Smith
Ingrid Hiller
George
Shreena Parmar
Harry Cobbold
Kait Kirwan
Tim
VaguelyNorthernDarren
Anna Tattersall
Julie M
Laura Spencer
Toby Gallagher
Joanne
Richard Joseph Gayle II
Hannah Swinburne
Faria Jadoon
Emma Lewins
Kerry Williams
Catherine Ransford
Dulcie
Daniel Davies
Liana G
Becky
Owen Turner
Sara
Steve
Jo Feather
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Bristol

Tuesday 3rd March 2020

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Bristol runner

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Melanie Young
Melanie Young

WALK LEADER

Shona Buchanan
Shona Buchanan

SESSION ORGANISER

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Report written by Shona Buchanan

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It was great to have Fran, Ingrid and Jo join us for the first time tonight - welcome all! We had two tasks to spread our good deeds to. Mel had arranged a last minute trip to continue helping Hugh at the Southville Centre with their endless painting, and headed off with a group of walkers and out and back runners to cover the 3km round trip to the centre. As we were lucky not to have rain, they managed to continue with some outdoor painting to protect the wood in their grounds. Impressive work in the dark!

Meanwhile, the rest of the group split into Gary's Speedies and Shona's Sexies to get to the Northern Slopes. We were met by Julia and Caroline who got the group to work on continuing to clear a big area which is going to be used for planting new trees. With headtorches donned, the group chose their equipment of choice and got to work with scythes, loppers, shears, and even a Tree Popper and Steve's new favourite, The Slasher. There was also a bunch of rakers and shovelers moving all the newly chopped debris away from the area.

It's getting a little bit toasty over here

A second group got to work doing a litter-pick of the area, filling five bin bags and one recycling bag with waste. Top finds of the night included a toasty maker and hoover. We discussed the possibility of upcycling these (maybe or maybe not into presents), but opted to clear them away for Bristol Waste instead.

It was soon time to pack up, and we got treated to biscuits and tea from Julia, which was much appreciated on the cold hill! We headed back to town with some squats, sprints and chair holds. Once there, we presented the amazing Kait with her 200 Good Deeds t-shirt - massive well done Kait!! She had made some delicious peanut cookies so we feasted on those to celebrate and then a crowd went to Revolucion de Cuba for some more exotic feasting for March GoodGym Eats.

*Pun credit to Richard G!


This task supported
Northern Slopes Initiative
Space for people and nature

www.northern-slopes-initiative.co.uk The Slopes are four areas of green open space situated 3 kilometres to the south of the centre of Bristol.

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