Bank Holiday and Pride 🏳️‍🌈 weekend in Manchester, so just the solo litterpick this evening for Ben 🚮

At the meeting point in St Peter's Square, there was already a collection of coffee cups and beer cans to dispose of, perhaps setting the scene for what was to come. It was a short 1 km jog to Greek St near Grosvenor St before gloves and litterpicker were unsheathed.

There was a burst on the green space, taking some pics 📸 of the new planters from Ardwick Climate Action before skirting around the encampment that had sprouted up. Afterwards, I went down Kincardine Road to litterpick around the edge of Gartside Gardens, collecting a few more bags of litter.

The biggest surprise was the 29 laughing gas cannisters collected from within a 50 yard stretch of road and in the park. Big haul, all reported to Keep MCR Tidy and the council for collection.

Welcome to Gloria for completing your first GoodGym task and getting your first parkrun volunteering credit marshalling out on the course 👏

Well done to the 553 finishers including 123 visiting us for the 1st time with 16 people completing their first ever parkrun 💪

Big thank you to the 24 volunteers who made sure we got a full set of results and marshalled out on the course 🦺