An excellent turnout for a quick lunchtime litter pick in Milton Park, and on what turned out to be a beautiful autumnal day!

Babies were definitely the theme today as we had mini GG-er Aida join us, we bumped into my week-old niece in the park (small world Portsmouth), and found a baby's dummy (or maybe a sweetie dummy thingy!)!

Extra kudos to Jane and Yvonne who fought tooth and nail to clear the difficult bits of litter stuck behind the fence by the bus stop/library, with the help of the extra long pickers!

Thank you all for helping out at Eastney Junior parkrun this morning - especially those that got shuffled to new roles!

Lucy and Vicki did more of a tail-run than a tail-walk this morning - well done, guys!

Dave was on it with his time-keeping skills, whilst John and Nia kept everyone on track whilst out marshalling.

Great job, everyone!

A litter pick full of questions today how much rubbish is hidden in the fallen leaves? Why do people prefer to lose their clothes in Milton Park? Is that a can in the hedge? Did this plastic ivy fly across from the bakery? Is this flower real? If dogs happily eat fox poo, will they eat the mushrooms in the park too?

We were a little bit late leaving Fratton Community Centre this evening after Jen and Dave got distracted by a community jigsaw in the foyer!

Our small but mighty team made a massive difference to the PARCS back garden - take a look at the before and after photos!

We made friends with some local snails, one even joined Jen for about twenty minutes on her running leggings.

Special thanks to Lucy and Nia for signing up last minute and helping us out - we were able to finish our task ahead of time!