we had 5 of the best today at parkrun we had ian at Braunstone, Dave and Jeanette at watermead, Nick at Melton and Martin at abbeypark well done all.

Four Goodgymmers Ian, Nick, Rob and Stu, along with new signing Perin, welcome Perin, went to help Project River Soar with clearing Floating Pennywort from the canal through Aylestone Meadows nature reserve. Paddle boarders Amy, Helen and Luke were picking every piece of pennywort and bringing it to the bank where we moved it away from the water along the towpath. A single leaf can quickly grow back into a new mat of stems and leaves that cover the waters surface and get tangled up with watercraft (which breaks bits off, they float down stream and form new mats of weed). It's been expanding very fast in the recent heatwaves. We also collected a bag of litter, and removed a lot of Himalayan Balsam, another non-native plant that is taking over along the waterway. Amy was great at explaining what we were doing and why, and what a difference we were making by clearing the plants away.

Today Abbeypark was off because pride was on and we still had goodgymers doing us proud by volunteering we had Nick and Katy at watermead and Amanda and ian at Braunstone done on making the world 🌎 a better place ❤️

After heavy rain Thursday, the sky cleared for long enough Friday morning for two Goodgymmers to scythe more of the long grass under the orchard at Saffron Acre community allotment. Jimmy and Nick soon assembled their scythes and cleared another big area. The rain had brought down more windfall apples, and along with tomatoes, plums, onions and a small pumpkin we left with a good selection of fruit and veg.

Today we had 6 brave goodgym volunteers who battled the rain we had Martin at Abbeypark, Dave and Katy at watermead and Rob and Stu at Braunstone and Nick at Melton well done all.

Last weekend of the summer holidays saw great turn outs at jpr supported by goodgymmers