Tonight, 16 GoodGymers managed two tasks in one night. We met at Heart and ran to Hyde Park Source where we negotiated the tricky lock to get out the litter pickers and we did a 30 minute litter pick of Rose bank where the team filled 16 bags full of rubbish but Helen won the prize by finding a dead rat!!! Poor old Roland :( We then headed to Left Bank where we washed all their wedding chairs ready for the new season. At one point, we thought that we were done but then found a stack more but the group were troopers and got the cloths back out to finish the job. All of this was finished off with a drink at the end.

Welcome back to Nessa & Alex tonight & thanks to Adam, Elspeth, Lydia & Jitheesh for waiting for the walkers at the end.

Well done team, we had a later night than usual, so thank you to all of you.

It was great to have such a big group tonight, with 15 GoodGymers running up to Bedford Fields to do various jobs. It wouldn't be Bedford Fields without a wood chip workout, so we wood chipped all the paths, cleared and chopped up debris, sieved soil & Jubz dug a big hole to lay a pipe and then filled it all back in.

Welcome to newcomers Annie & Laura & welcome back to Kawan who last joined us in 2020 (thanks for the bike ride)!

Thanks all & great work everyone.

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, I met Jubz & Alice at Bedford Fields for a lesson in foraging and preserving wild garlic. We picked the garlic & then Alice washed, Jubz chopped and I mashed it all into a pot, covered with salt & chilli flakes. Val who was running the session, will now look after it for a couple of weeks before we come together for the next stage of preserving. Afterwards, we all headed to Coffee on the Crescent for some ice cream. Thanks for a nice afternoon guys.