This week we saw 10 brave faces clad themselves up in waterproofs for a drizzly trip to the Northern slopes.

Back from a long respite, Goodgym legend Paul returned to the fold to donate his birthday morning to the cause, joining Matt with bramble lopping on the east side. Mirroring their efforts on the west side, we had Nathalie and Julie lop up the pathways from the encroaching bushes.

We had a couple of fresh faces join us too, as Alex and Abigail got stuck right in with the very important task of keeping on top of our previous clearing in the center.

Down at the bottom Sarah, Nathaniel and I swung our scythes around against the overgrowth, whilst Katie loped out a lovely little cove for herself. We're getting closer and closer to opening up the whole patch for wildflowers, and soon the brambles will be but a distant memory!

Thanks all for coming along despite the weather, and extra special thanks to the birthday boy! Have a good one mate!

On a sunny Saturday morning, 9 GoodGym runners embarked on another mission to help Surfers Against Sewage cleaning up the riverbanks of the Avon. This time, we met on the side of the Portway as the other side had been cleaned a couple of weeks before. Overlooking the Avon, our task location was quite beautiful but the noise of the busy road behind us made social distanced conversation somewhat difficult. So we split up in two groups and busied ourselves with searching for rubbish and filling our bin bags in rapid speed. We came across some dubious items, including 5 (single) shoes, a small wooden bench (I almost got talked into taking it home but it was too heavy to carry), countless tennis balls, a Peppa Pig toy and a car tyre. Despite having done this task many times now, litter picking on the riverbanks has always some surprises in store for us. Who knows what we are going to find next time?!

Great shout out to Alex for earning his first good deed with this task!

Well done everyone, see you all next time on the other side (of the river...)!