It was a cold and breezy evening as four women met in a dark, desolate car park.

But it’s okay, they were GoodGymers and ready to litter pick!

I (Alys) had scouted out a location earlier in the week, which was along some well used roads in Knaphill.

Anne, Katie, Lauren and myself met in Brookwood Farm car park where we did some warm-ups and stretches. We got stuck in to the litter picking straight away, battling against the wind which threatened to undo our hard work…

But soon we were filling up the bags with bottles and wrappers found in the hedges where we had to dodge spiky trees - I wasn’t so lucky and ended up with a thorn stuck in my hand! 



With one bag full, we crossed the road over to Sainsbury’s where we found lots of rubbish dotted around - including bottles and food packaging purchased from said supermarket. There was even an abandoned bike basket!

Three bags full later, Katie was feeling the cold so zipped off (she’s already had to deal with a broken boiler for the last couple of weeks so we’ll forgive her). The rest of us came upon a real hotspot full of beer bottles and even a gilet which filled up our last two bags.

With five full bags, and our new litter pickers in hand, we all got our arm workout carrying the rubbish back to my wheelie bin which was thankfully being emptied the next morning!

Great work team!