Three goodgymers met up in Castle Park to count bumblebees for the Bumblebee Conservation Trust's citizen science project. Bumblebees start emerging from hibernation around now, so we weren't expecting to see very much, especially as there isn't much in bloom yet, but much to our surprise, there were busy bumblebees in several sections of the route! We identified some queen buff-tailed bees, a few common carders, and even some worker white tails, which we will be recording on the BBCT website later. Congratulations to Luke on his first goodgym good deed, and for spotting so many bees. 🐝 🐝 🐝

Three litter picking goodgym ninjas swept along Cowdray avenue hunting out litter this evening. The usual suspects - food wrappers, macdonalds cups and drinks cans were bagged up and left for collection by the council. Well done everyone!

A brisk circuit around Cowdray avenue area, trying to stick to the better lit parts, to be able to find the litter. Unfortunately, anything that glistens has a strong chance of being a wet leaf, and often is! However, due to bags of tenacity and determination we managed to fill four sacks. Well done everyone! It became mighty chilly, so we bid farewell to the cyclists, and headed home. Thanks for the chats, see you next time!

Six bags of tree sleeves and lots of wooden poles removed from trees who no longer need them.

Two heavy bags of litter collected by two goodgymers.

Two goodgymers walked 4 miles to join a group of like minded individuals keen to continue the task of freeing the trees. We removed and gathered 11 bags of plastic sleeves, and a big pile of wooden poles for collection. It was a real workout!