7 Goodgymers (plus an honourary Goodgymer, Luciana) met on a balmy summer's evening for a pick along the Coventry Canal.

After a quick warm up, we soon realised very little warm up had been required(!) as the evening's humidity quickly became clear as we jogged the mile or so to the canal bridge in Foleshill. Jackie decided to cycle instead of run so she was already waiting for us when we arrived at the canal.

We took a two pronged attack, with 4 of us continuing our run along the canal to the next bridge whilst 4 started to pick immediately, with the two groups meeting up again along the way back into town.

More unusual items found included what looked like the frame for a shopping trolley bag (minus the bag) and some rather friendly cats that seemed to be playing it cool hanging out under one of the canal bridges.

It was great to see that there was considerably less rubbish than there has been during our previous picks along the canal, although we still managed to collect around 6 full bags of rubbish.

We then had a quick fitness session including some friendly competition in the form of a relay race before finishing our last stretch of the run back to the Boys and Girls club.

It was lovely to welcome back some familiar faces after a bit of a break over the summer including John, Jackie, Deb and Susanne. We especially enjoyed meeting Susanne's friend Luciana for her first ever Goodgym group run.