We were back with our friends at the Jubilee Riverside Centre Slough for a pretty oarsome task this weekend, which saw us split into three teams. One group tackled weeding and gardening outside the centre's entrance, another were litter picking along the riverbank, and a third were in kayaks collecting rubbish which had made its way into the water.

The day was also a call for a bit of celebration too. Firstly we congratulated Jenny for reaching her 50 good deeds milestone - which is particularly impressive as she only joined us in February and for many months was notching up her deeds during lockdown.

Secondly we welcome Brenda, who is fellow GoodGymer Jen's mum, to our GG Slough family. It was great to have her with us for her first-ever task, and to meet the wonderful mother of a much-valued member of our team.

The morning felt more like a fun day out than a hard task, despite us proving every litter bit helps as we collected eight bags of rubbish, which was mainly made up of beer cans! We also recovered a shopping trolley from the river itself in a strategic and co-ordinated effort which involved the teams in the water and along the riverbank working together to get the cart out of there safely and securely.

If that wasn't enough, cannoe believe it, we also managed to collect a dinghy full of rubbish out of the river itself!

A fantastic day was had by all, as the end result saw a cleaner river and its nearby paths free from rubbish, the centre's garden beds weeded and neatened up - with Jen making light work of cutting back an overgrown tree, and the chance for us big kids to get back out onto the water, brush up on our kayaking skills and have the odd race too!