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33 Goodgymers helped their local community in Islington
Beth Gaskell
Bianca Jakubowski
Christopher Lewis
Claire Rees-Sewak
Daniela Carlucci
Will Bywater
Patrick Fisher Murphy
Saba
Rachel Lees
Ewa
Cath
Jacqui
Georgina Neal
Heather
Kirsty Page
Steve Lee
Libby Page
Alix Guerber
Kayleigh Bruce
Marco Kan
Nina Jhatakia
Frances Powrie
Steve Coman
Simon Loughran
Thomas Wilkinson
Lucie Lalanne
Graham Atkins
Bex Paterson
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Islington

Monday 27th February 2017

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We had GoodGymmers from all over the place last night.

Bex and Rachel were joining us for the very first time. Lucie was checking us out after completing a Thursday fitness session and Ewa was back at GoodGym after last getting involved in 2015!

Then we had Matt and Chris from Bristol, Heather and Damian from Barnet (who both did wonderfullly at Brighton Half at the weekend), Jacqui also from Barnet, Lewisham and Greenwich regular Tom (shhh, we think he is meant to be with Adele this evening), Ewa from Tower Hamlets, Steve Lee from Camden and wannabe-Islingtoner-but-feels-sorry-for-Camden Frances.

Big news. Last night was Damian's 50th run Go and give him a big cheer.

Aidan took a strong group over to St. Luke's for more planter filling. That is pretty much done now so well done to everybody that has shovelled, wheelbarrowed, shifted and turned over the last few months.

Simon, Graham and Kike took care of the Caxton contingent, whose job it was to yank up all manner of unwanted foliage from the community centre's front garden, especially thistles, which we managed to rid the area of completely.

Yes, we all got wet, but so what? It's almost as though doing good is some sort of water repellent.

Treats for the evening were provided by Simon. Homemade flapjacks. BIGGGGG apologies to those who were off doing a lap of Highbury Fields and missed out. By way of apology I will be baking again next week and this time everybody will get some.

With Pancake Day looming there was only one thing to debate: should we stick to the traditional lemon and sugar filling, go for more exotic stuff like Nutella and banana, or go completely crazy and choose a savoury option? Most did go for modern, fancy fillings but there were a few traditionalists among us. Aidan insisted that it was unacceptable to have only one pancake anyway so you may as well have all the fillings. Go for it!

Next week we have a whopping three tasks and they're all great. Freightliners Farm, Thornhill Square and a brand new adventure at Urban Wild Gardens. Plus of course there'll be more flapjacks Sign up now

Be flippy,
Simon



Discuss this report
Steve Coman

Tue 28th Feb 2017 at 11:33am

An improved take on the group pic.

Simon Loughran

Tue 28th Feb 2017 at 3:58pm

You and your filters

Frances Powrie

Tue 28th Feb 2017 at 4:06pm

"wannabe-Islingtoner-but-feels-sorry-for-Camden"??? The cheek of it!

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