Picking it up as we went along!

3 Goodgymers supported Leam Trash Friends on their group run this evening with helping to keep the streets of Leamington rubbish free.

This evening after a quick warm up, we headed out on a nice run along the canal to Eagle Rec. We admired the amazing artwork that decorates the walls on the canal before heading to the Rec for some litter picking. We picked/plogged our way around the perimeter of the Rec whilst catching up on the week's news and discussing the pros and cons of electric vehicles. There was lots of the usual sorts of rubbish - cigarette butts, beer cans, crisp packets etc. We also found a 3 litre milk bottle, a belt and part of a fridge!

From there we returned back to the canal towpath and carried on a few bridges further to Sydenham Drive. From here we picked along Sydenham Drive to St Mary's Road and received words of encouragement from local residents kindly thanking us for helping to keep the area clean :-)

Having dropped the bags at an appropriate spot to be collected we then re-traced our steps back along the canal towpath before finishing our run with a few hills back to the Fat Pug - all good practise for the Regency 10k in just over a week!

So lovely to have a group run in the daylight for the first time this year - looking forward to future weeks when hopefully we will have a bit of sunshine too...