Why did the donut cross the River Sherbourne? To get to the Charter side!

6 GoodGymers met at the usual place and after a warm up, headed off on a short run to Charter House, through London Road Cemetery, enjoying the last bit of the days sunshine.

We arrived at the newly opened Coventry Heritage Trust site which has been beautifully restored. Unfortunately the task owner was unable to make it so we were left with litter pickers, bags and instructions to tidy up the car park.

We decided to start with the most important task, which was helping Graeme with his cooking course, sampling some of his jam donuts! Delicious! Happy to support you with this anytime Graeme :)

Ready to work off our belly full of cake, I mean fried bread, we teamed up in pairs so that we could share the litter picking hoops and bin bags and got to work clearing up.

We chatted and walked collecting the usual detritus found on the roadside - cans, bottles, food packaging and we also more obscure items such as the remnants of a sled, candyfloss and some shredded carpet. We covered the car park and carried on litter picking on the grassy areas along the River Sherbourne. It was lovely to see families enjoying the playground, some youths playing football and cricket and spotting some wildlife including an Egret.

With the temperature dropping and time getting on, we deposited the three bags full in the bins outside Charter House leaving it much tidier than we'd found it.

Thanks to everyone tonight, really enjoyed the fresh spring evening with you all!

Next weeks task at Coventry Boys and Girls Club has been cancelled and will be replaced by something else asap.