I am Forever Blowing Bubbles, Pretty Bubbles EVERYWHERE!!!
6 GoodGymers made their way to help the Brighter Futures in Swindon.
- Saturday, 15th of June 2019
- Led by Emma Sperring
We had an unbelievabubbly good time marshalling at Swindon’s first ‘Bubble Rush’ at Lydiard Park.
In aid of Brighter Futures, a charity of the Great Western Hospitals NHS foundation Trust, the event consisted of a 5K run around the Swindon parkrun course with four bubble stations for the runners to run through and hopefully appear on the other side!
Red Shirted wonders Andrew, Rhoda, Helen, Gina, myself, the ‘Bubble and Strife’ Emma, and junior GG’ers Luke and Grace provided support on two of the four bubble stations.
The morning started with a warm welcome from the ever enthusiastic Michelle who went through our duties, basically making sure we didn’t lose any children in the bubbles. We were delegated our stations and dispatched armed with food parcels.
Andrew and Rhoda were on the Blue Bubble Station; Helen, Gina , and us Sperring’s were on the Pink Bubble Station. As we approached, a waft of pink bubbles greeted us. We met our First Aider and a member of the Event Team and got in position. Well, I say that!! The adage ‘when in foam’ certainly applied to Helen and Gina. At any opportunity they were messing around in the bubbles. OK, we all did! The pink dye in the bubbles made us look like we had a severe case of sun burn!!
With almost 1500 runners we had the bubble whammy of 2 waves of runners to deal with. Safety First Simon was impressed with the various different PPE worn, from goggles, shower caps and even All-in-Ones. Its good to see everyone taking their Health and Safety responsibilities seriously!!!!
By the time the second wave of runners had started, Luke and Grace's enthusiasm bubble had burst and they retreated for some iPad watching!!
A fun filled morning was had and all for a good cause, as Del Boy would say…… ‘Lovely Bubbly’!!!!
We have another Community Mission in the diary - next Thursday 27th June with Mike at the Cricketers Arms for a spot of weeding and chatting! Check it out here and book on today!
Report written by Simon Sperring
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Led by Emma Sperring
Loves parkrun 🌳 Also likes to drink (too much) coffee ☕️ and eat (Alethia’s) home made cakes 😋 🍰 !
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Just for the record I cut my toenails last night and they were still blue!!!! 😂🤢
Nice!! I’ll also add, my contact lenses have a pink tint as well!!😃
My blue socks came home very pink. What a fab way to spend a cold miserable summer Saturday morning.
Great report! Though I think you may pay for the 'Bubble and Strife' comment! 🤣
Great report! Looks like lots of fun. Sad to have missed it.
And TMI @Andrew! 🤮
Loved the Bubble and Strife comment Simon! Great report. Kids were great too. People were so happy. I (almost) forgot how cold I was!!😂
Helen, I asked permission before using it!!!!
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