On a much less stormy night, we gathered again to pick up where we left off at Acorn Rugby Club. We spread out, with some heading round the block again and others heading over to the edge of Hob Moor, which proved very fertile hunting ground.

Very soon we had made our bags too heavy and headed back to get ready to run. After gathering the troops, we took a quick photo and went on our merry ways (woo, sprints!). Debs stuck around to finish off her pick, having arrived a smidge late, and managed to find a rather alarmingly large knife (safely stowed and notified to the police)! Cleaner and safer streets tonight!

Meanwhile Laura and David set off from home to pick around Poppleton Road, David still being a bit poorly, and managed another good haul.

On a very blowy evening where our planned task was cancelled due to risk of tree fall (😮) we planned an impromptu litter pick before the Acorn running club night. After welcoming Jane to GoodGym and distributing pickers (with some rejection of the weak) we set off, mostly anti-clockwise around the cycle path, with Jane & Leanne taking the reverse route for max pickings.

There was certainly plenty of litter to be had, although getting it into a bag that's trying to break for freedom was not so easy. Vicky found a goldmine where it had all blown against the fence, as well as a (non-functioning) scooter - our second in a week! Debs and I also found a very paint covered collapsed shelf which got quite heavy by the end. As usual, we lost track of time and those heading off on the run had to scoot off or be left behind (as poor Rich and Laura were, although Laura at least didn't look too upset to miss a windy run - Rich set off in hot pursuit!).

We filled an enormous pile of bags in a short space of time, and hopefully the heavier items will keep the bags from launching off before collection!

Nine of us GG Yorkies met Gordon for another task at the King's Path Wildflower Meadow in Acomb. Kudos to Ellie who brought along Stewart for his first ever GG task - give him some cheers! Also well done to Max who brought along a friend who lives very close to the task so she was roped in as well - thanks Laura for your help! Thanks also to Michal who brought along some of his own tools.

We split into 2 teams each side of the fence. One team started to dig up the self-seeded trees whilst the other team started digging holes around the edge of the wildflower meadow. We soon took delivery of several trees over the fence and planted them in record time. We moved and replanted approximately 15 trees in under 40 minutes. We were also joined by a local councillor who was interested in the project and our progress so far. We look forward to watching these young trees grow over the coming years.

In the process we managed to tick off several of our January Bingo challenge tasks, including muddy shoes (see photo - although some had already been cleaned off by the time I took the photo).

As is customary on a Friday, we headed to a local café for some well-earned refreshments.