Nine GoodGym runners came together to help out Surfers Against Sewage and collect litter along the Avon riverbanks. This task proofed to be a perfect warm up for an easter egg hunt as the area we wanted to tackle seemed surprisingly litter free on first inspection. However, it became quickly clear that most rubbish was either covered in mud so hard to detect at first glance or somewhat buried in the deep grass. Once we adjusted our eyes and fine tuned our searching skills, we cleaned the area swiftly. To our delight, our bags were not very heavy at the end meaning that carrying the rubbish bags the 1km long track back to the road seemed like a breeze compared to previous missions (Or maybe we are just getting stronger doing by this workout every two weeks?!). However, just before we reached our bag drop location, we passed another grassy bit on the riverbank that was completely covered in rubbish. So we swiftly switched back into litter pick mode and gathered all the rubbish within a few minutes. High on the unexpected sense of achievement (it was quite satisfying to really see a difference once we finished litter picking at the second site) and with now rather heavy bags, we ended our task with building a neat pile of rubbish bags waiting to be picked up by the council.

Also, I managed to score some planters that will receive a new lease on life in my garden.

Great job everyone!