That's one 'Ellen of a wind!

10 Goodgymers helped their local community in Portsmouth
Lucy Booth
Katie Carew-Robinson
Samantha Belfrage
Maura Cole
Judy Knapp
India Custance
Liv
Maxine VSG
Lynn Spencer
Naciera Ouaissa
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Portsmouth

Friday 21st August 2020

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With Storm Ellen in full force, 10 resilient GoodGymers tackled the litter at Canoe Lake.

Maura, Lynn, Lucy, India and newbie Naciera tackled the play field and the Rose Garden.

Katie, Maxine, Liv, Sam and I litter-picked the grass areas and bushes surrounding the lake, including collecting rubbish from around the sleeping cygnets.

It became a battle with the wind to keep the litter in our bags and not spread it further over the park!

We found socks (of course!), plenty of beer bottles, metal bottle caps and endless cigarette ends.

Liv found a bag of cycling accessories in the shrubbery and Liv & Sam found a pouch containing personal banking and ID cards, which they intended to try to reunite with the owner.

After an hour of picking and a full black sack of rubbish, half the group went to the beach, joined by Tony, and India, Sam & Liv courageously battled the waves to have a hectic dip in the sea!



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