On Sunday morning Steph, Sevan, Kash and Alan met at Ealing Common to cut the overhanging branches of chestnut and lime trees obstructing the view of the green space from the road and the path alongside it. Surprisingly, everyone showed up in black t-shirts ahead of the time, with Alan having already volunteered at Acton junior parkrun as the sole timekeeper and Steph and Kash visiting Walpole Park to secure the ranger's tools.

The GoodGymers followed the rule of thumb and used the saw for the branches thicker than a thumb - a very thick thumb! The rest of the growth was easily surrendering to the pressure of loppers. The team got a shout-out from a local resident for their stellar work and an offer to volunteer at his garden. They had to give that a miss as the scale of the Common task was larger than anyone had anticipated.

The four GoodGymers divided all the chopped chestnut branches with conkers and the sticky lime tree branches into smaller piles and left them away from the path for collection. Today's trimming exercise made the expanses of the Common more visible to the passers-by who will hopefully find it safer and more inviting to.