Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Report written by Yianny (he / him)
A warm Spring Tuesday evening in March and we have Windmills running through our minds! 💖 🏃
A solid sign-up for this Tuesday's task which was to help de-weed the borders of the soft play areas at Brixton Windmill Gardens (BWG).
We met as usual at Papa's and introduced ourselves, great to see so many friendly faces that have been busy recently coming back for a run out (George, Nathan!) as well as welcoming some relative newcomers (hey Inny!). We had a quick quiz with amazing prizes for the winners to continue Women's History Month of March then favourite holiday destinations and out for a warm up.
The run round to BWG was just over 2.5kms which is perfect for a warm evening and just right for the suprisingly stubborn weeds that had sprung up around the childrens' climbing frame and slides. Ok you might imagine any weeds strong enough to break free between the rubber soft play and the concrete may be quite hardy but they gave us plenty of arm work to do! 💪
Jean and Annick were there to meet us and hand out the tools while getting stuck in with the group - many thanks to you both!
30 mins or so later we were heading back with thoughts of the upcoming Beer and Bread festival which will take place at BWG on the May Bank Holiday (more info on how we will be involved to come GoodGymers!) 😎
Shout out to Gayle who is now one good deed shy of her half century and Paul a Lambeth veteran who came down to provide plenty of that arm power.
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel As the images unwind, like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind!
The Friends of Windmill Gardens (FoWG) were formed in 2003 with three aims: * to get the Grade II listed Brixton Windmill restored and opened for public visits – in 2002 it had been put on English Heritage's buildings at risk register; * to make Windmill Gardens park a more welcoming space for local people; * to have a new education centre at the windmill. Windmill Gardens gained a Green Flag Community Award in 2015 and we have just been judged again so our fingers are crossed that we will retain the award for the next two years.
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