Goodgymers Anna and Lobo joined a litter pick starting at Mile End station on a balmy Sunday morning. Between them, they collected 7.4kg of litter from the surrounding streets. A quick visit to Tower Hamlets cemetery park (a regular TH GG haunt) was too clean to find any litter but is always lovely to visit.

Missy and I were ready for some fresh air so headed out with a bag and walked around the block. This pup’s got an excellent nose for truffling litter. Quick but satisfying.

Had a nice afternoon at Mr D's. I started by cutting down a bamboo type tree at Mr D's request and spent the rest of the mission just bagging up the piles of cuttings which I presume had been left by previous volunteers. Lots of these were thorns so I was bagging them while trying to avoid snagging myself. There is still more work to done, namely cutting down another bamboo type tree, bagging up one of the piles I didn't have time to tackle and collecting some of the ubbish lying around the garden. Mr D is very happy with what's been done so far.

Goodgymers Anna and Lobo joined local community organisation WaSh Wombles to collect litter from Limehouse on a bright Saturday morning. We pottered along the Limehouse basin and up Regents canal with our litter picks and gradually filling sacks.

Together, we collected 8.86kg of rubbish, not only creating a better environment for local residents but also protecting the ducks and moorhens that call the canal home.

A spot of litter picking this evening in my local area- bins were collected recently but our lovely neighbourhood foxes had been busy truffling through the bags and left a bit of a mess.

Once again, we were completely unprepared for the weather: suddenly, it wasn’t freezing! There was no icy wind from the East, or indeed from any point of the compass. But still, Anna was wearing her sleeping-bag coat, just in case. We even had a dry couple of hours in what promises to be a soggy week; as promised, the drizzle stopped precisely as we arrived for the task

Some task force members were held up by work commitments, or by walking down the wrong street, but we soon got underway. There were two beds to be tackled, one near the entrance and one labelled the “race track”; where GoodGymers were speedily yanking up unsightly weeds and filling large white nags with the debris

With the beds cleared of their leafy offenders, we moved on to the mulch stage: a generous layer, to lock in moisture, deter future weed returns, and generally give the soil a fresh lease of life. Where chaos once reigned, there was now order, tidiness, and a sense of horticultural achievement

For those eager for more chances to do good while breaking a sweat, Tower Hamlets members are branching out to tasks in Camden, Newham, and Greenwich. Closer to home, our own evening tasks return next Monday, and if one night a week isn’t enough, the next two Tuesdays as well!