Laura, Nia, Nick and I went to Milton Park for a lunchtime litterpick. It was great to get away from our desks and clean up the park. We had a good haul and of course found some clothing, this time a pair of black leggings!

After a thwarted attempt last week, six GoodGymers made their way through the mean streets of Portsmouth to take down flyers for Portsmouth City Council.

The Council have started using reusable cable ties for posters in the city, so to keep things GoodGym and Green, we used our session to remove them and return them to stop them being mistaken for single use plastic.

As the evening was very muggy, we enjoyed a stroll with a cheeky drink stop halfway. The barkeep who served us was fascinated by the GG shirts, so we gave her a pitch and hopefully we'll see her at a session soon!

We also enjoyed some exercise on GoodGym Portsmouth's very own Angela Chick's pavement mural in the city centre, and tried out the PLAYCE exercise space in Landport on our travels.

Judy's various attempts to say "cable ties" has certainly been one of my highlights this evening... "table pies" being my very favourite.

Thanks to Lorna, Nia and Dave for helping fill the volunteer roster for my RD Shift today. The other Run Directors are always jealous of the GoodGym support!

Lorna and Nia took on marshalling duties, whilst Dave helped out at the end with barcode scanning. We celebrated seven first-timers to Eastney and eight new PBs in our field of 47 runners so an epic morning!

Thanks for helping out, and if anyone wants to come along next week I am RD again!

Nia, Val and I enjoyed a glorious sunny morning by the Emsworth shore, with the Friends of Nore Barn Woods.

Nia joined the team already preparing for next Spring: sowing Yellow Rattle and native Bluebell seeds.

Val and I were with the path-clearing team: cutting back the vigorous brambles and nettles.

As always, there were plenty of thank-yous from passers-by, and a green woodpecker rattled out his thank-you from the trees.

Then it was time for the serious business of the AGM, gathered at the picnic bench, with welcome refreshments.

GoodGymers donated pre-loved books and a jigsaw to The Havant Spring for their summer sale.

After some very wholesome plant-dealing in the FCC car park, we made our return to PARCS, this time to tidy up their front garden.

Nia and Maura met us at the task and had already cleared a significant amount of litter before the running squad had even arrived!

Katie was back as our bin-jumper-in-chief and Dave was so inspired he even had a turn at the end of the session.

I think there were new levels of euphemism reached this evening - I am genuinely impressed. Not sure there was anything quite PG enough for the Run Report this evening!

The team made swift work of pruning the hedge and de-weeding the driveway - I'm sure the team will be very impressed when they're back in the morning!