Superb efforts from everyone who took part in litter picks across Portsmouth and beyond today!

Mel and Vicki kicked things off nice and early with a pick at Alexandra Park, although Jane was actually first in with her pick last night! Julie received plenty of praise from passers by as she cleaned up by Lidl. Laura and her dog, Woody, completed an early morning beach clean. It seems Woody was disappointed he didn't find any snacks, only food wrappers!

We've had a trolley retrieved from the chalk cliffs of Paulsgrove by Lucy and Duncan, a beach clean in Bracklesham with an accompanying sea dip for Judy and Val and a whopping 16 mile run with a cemetery litter pick by Andy!

Nia and baby Zoe headed to Southampton Common for their pick, whilst Dave and I took a stroll through Sherwood Forest to burn off a very unnecessary sundae!

Ness and Sinéad focused on the shoreline for their picks at Fort Cumberland and Langstone Harbour respectively.

We'll be back to normal next week with a visit to the You Trust in North End for some painting and decorating. Hopefully see you in person then!

Intrepid GoodGymers took the roads, woods and waters for their Monday Miles this week. Laura was our early-bird, with an early morning cycle to the station, Sinéad made the most of her lunch break and Nia and her teeny GoodGymer headed out to their local Family Hub. Andy braved Southwick Golf Course for his run, whilst Dave hot-footed it to the train station on his way home from work. I think I got nearly as wet on my morning walk as I did at my evening swim!

From showers to sunshine, high winds to high temperatures, this was certainly a fickle day to get out and active!

This week we've seen lots of activities for Diabetes Awareness Week, demonstrating true GoodGym spirit in the fight against diabetes.

Some of us opted for walks, whilst others opted for runs, and some bike rides too! A huge shout out to Tracey in demonstrating true warrior spirit, and to Lucy and Abby who took part in the Hoppit Half Marathon and Marathons.

Well done everyone. It's so good to see you all moving and making the most of the week!

...As Sam L Jackson said in my favourite movie 🎬

The sun 🌞 was shining brightly and the wind 💨 was gusting strongly as we made our way around Canoe Lake.

The countless cigarette butts were certainly making us work hard to keep them in our grasp and bags!

I was very happy to see that the recent gorgeous weather and bbqs hadn't resulted in too horrific littering! 👍

Congratulations on a very productive Monday, everyone!

We had bags of litter collected all over Portsmouth and the surrounding areas, from play areas to car parks.

Special kudos to Andy for managing a double good deed by reuniting a lost phone with its owner. And also to mini GGer Alice, who was unfortunately thwarted in her attempt to to pick up an old car tyre with a litter picker.

Nice one!