Simon Says Start Shearing for your local Community
7 GoodGymers made their way 2.3km to help their local community in Colchester.
- Monday, 17th of April 2017
- Led by Angela Isherwood
7 Goodgymers clear Simon street Footpath in New Town
Another unusual meet up at the Old Heath Rec, this time on a Bank Holiday Monday Morning.
Definitely worth doing these runs at extra times as we had 4 newbies to our group. Theresa, Fran, Anneka and Peter who visited us all the way from Goodgym Bristol.
After signing in and catching up on our Easter we started our warm up on the Old Heath Rec before heading to the car park to collect supplies.
We made our way to the footpath and as well as litter picking, there were a few overgrown plants to cut back, thanks to Theresa for bringing some shears. We had 35 minutes and this allowed us to clear 2 sections of the footpath, including the bridge across the railway.
A local resident came out of his home to tell us how he'd lived there for 40 years, and he was so glad that we were doing something about the footpath. Its always nice to be appreciated.
After finishing up the task, we made our way back to the rec to put the equipment away before playing Frisbee. I have to say that today's group was a bit more skilled than Saturday's group at throwing the frisbee, although this may have been because the wind was less strong.
We'll be back to our normal Wednesday evening runs from now on, although we may have a few more starter sessions as we get into summer.
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