Your Oxford
Get involved: send your photos, videos, news & views by texting 'OXFORD NEWS' to 80360 or email »
'Green gym' marks birthday
5:36pm Wednesday 19th March 2008
The country's first 'green gym' club, which combines keep-fit with doing practical conservation work, celebrated its 10th birthday with work at a nature reserve.
Sonning Common Green Gym joined up with members of other green gyms for a work party cutting back hawthorn scrub at Aston Rowant Nature Reserve, near Watlington, itself celebrating its 50th anniversary.
The original Green Gym idea came from Dr William Bird, of Sonning Common Health Centre. He was also a member of the working party earlier this month.
The gym teamed up with the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, and now there are Green Gyms in Wallingford, Abingdon, Bicester and Chipping Norton.
Sonning Common gym founder member Diane Gordon said: "I love going to Aston Rowant because there is always something new to do and you never tire of the fantastic views."
Your sayYourOxford
Add your comment
Register for a FREE Oxford Mail account and you can have your say on today's news and sport by adding comments on articles we publish. The best comments may even get published in the paper.
Please register now or sign in below to continue.
In this section
Sponsored Links
Local Advertisers
Local Information
Enter your postcode, town or place name
