It's hard to believe we are already three weeks into January and the next Reduce and Recycle Hub is approaching soon - on the first day of February. For GoodGym Ealing, that means lending organisers a hand and exploring the residential streets of Acton while dropping leaflets promoting the hub into letterboxes.

Tonight's route included Acton's street art trail - with the obligatory photo at the shark mural at the corner of Stuart and Newburg Roads. We could not miss the beautiful mural of the lady wearing a kimono on Myrtle Road. The same street hid a surprise: in the Poet’s Corner Community Garden, we found not only cherry blossoms painted on a house wall but also a real blossoming cherry tree in front of the wall. Check the photos if you don't believe! Is the Spring around the corner?

To distribute 400 flyers, we had a strong team of eight GoodGymers - with a special guest among the Ealing folk: Jack from the Central Team. Welcome to your first Ealing group run, Jack - hopefully, the first of many to come! Jack joined Kash's 4-people squad with Steph and Chris, while Sevan led Christos, Mohamed and Liuba through the parallel streets to meet with the first group where the roads joined.

The success of the one-hour-long task had a tradeoff: freezing hands. Before heading back to Ealing Broadway, the whole team fulfilled the tradition of Acton group runs and stopped to warm their hands with a cup of chai. Afterwards, Liuba, Steph, Chris, Sevan, Jack and Kash ran back to Ealing and Christos and Mohamed made their way home on their own.

Next week we are running to a different part of the borough: Blondin Park in Northfields to mulch the trees we are yet to plant later this week. Sign up now for next Tuesday's task!