9 GoodGymer's turned out for a great morning at Mousehold Heath.

Cutting back Common Gorse, which is an invasive species and has been strangling the heather that grows on the heath. The Heather is a great pollinator and is essential to bees and insects thriving.

The team removed lots of Gorse, with the aid of Will’s big protective gloves and long reaching loppers. After it was removed it was laid on drag mats and taken to a big hole not far away where it can mulch down.

Everyone was in great spirits and could see a massive impact for the hours work that it took of lopping and dragging.

We will be back again in a few weeks for another task in Mousehold.

Tonight 14 GoodGymers ran 7km to Norwich Foodbank.

Shout Out to Amy & Sai who completed their first Good Deed tonight!

Warehouse manager Keith showed us the donations and gave instructions for tonights task - remove packaging, pack tins into crates, label and stack crates ready for distribution

After an hour the tins of carrots, potatoes, ham & mixed veg were piled high like a game of Tetris.

Then it was time to run / cycle back into Norwich.

Tonight 19 GoodGymers ran 6km to Mousehold Health to help support the biodiversity in this natural habitat.

It's a regular and popular task on the GG Norwich calender lead by Will the local warden, who provided tools and a gave us a historical background on this famous site.

We split into 2 groups, covering a wide area pulling up bracken to allow heather and other plant species to grow. We also used 5 pitch forks to clear the area of a former chapel ready for a Heritage Open Day History Walk taking place this weekend. See the booking link if you are interested in attending.

We also celebrated the runners, volunteers and cheerleaders, who took to the streets of the city centre for Run Norwich 10km yesterday! Nice one team.

After a swift hours work it was time to bid farewell. We will be back again for more conservation work in the next month.

We visited SYEP to move and chop up some old wood, which will then be used for camp fires.

We attended an area of Mousehold Heath where some bracken and brambles had already been cut back, on the old St William's Chapel site.

We got the rakes and pitch forks out, and placed all the greenery on the drag mats, before doing multiple trips to pile them up on another area of the heath.

The evening was finished with a game of Molkky, which Katy brought with her.