This morning 3 GoodGymer's headed out in the sunshine to Lionwood, a small woodland that is known locally for its bluebells in early spring.

Shout out to Rosie who joined us for her first session!

Once we arrived we met the Lionwood Conservation group to assist in removing an invasive plant, the Few-flowered Leek. This plant has spread rapidly in recent years and poses a severe ecological threat by carpeting the woodland floor and smothering native early-spring plants.

We used trowels to remove the bulbs, being careful not to spread little bulblets that could seed new flowers. A slightly tricky task, but we will hopefully see the benefits over time.

In just over an hour the GoodGymer's and Conservation group had made a real difference! We look forward to returning for more tasks in the future.

Only a hot sunny morning, 2 GoodGymmer's helped to clear rubbish from overgrown allotments into a skip ready for removal. We were assisted by Judy and John.

There was a range of items found... a good home was made for an old bath tub! And a serviceable garden gate, was among the larger items saved from going to landfill. There was even a bit of time left to clear some more brambles.

Judy kindly provided refreshments to keep us hydrated and fed on such a hot morning. We also saw the progress that had been made with allotments previously cleared by GoodGym members, and met three people now happily growing produce on them.

374 running/walking people braved the hot temperature today, even us volunteers felt the full force of the rays, the woods section was the best part of the 5k course

Team GoodGym Wipe The Floor With Oxfam!

We literally did! Tonight 8 GoodGymers ran or walked 2km to support Oxfam Magdalen St store.

The shop floor covers a large area and our task was to hoover, sweep, mop and scrape off any dirt... its fair to say we cleaned up!

The staff were really grateful, as this is difficult to achieve during the daytime when the shop is busy with customers. We even had time to dust the bookshelves and cd wracks.

All in all it was a satisfying evening leaving the store looking fresher, and feeling victorious!

The parkrun community is a good example of helping eachother and today was one of those Sunday mornings when it showed. The RD scheduled, unfortunately, was unwell, and her two young adukts were to so 3 volunteer's down, & our DOE was on his DOE Hike! A quick change of role for us remaining volunteers and 4 parents of children attending meant we were good to go. we had a great warm-up routine by a parent & his 2 children which was fantastic . 15 children today enjoyed a very sunny 2K run/walk around the park, & some happy new volunteers who vowed to come back & do it again.

421 people on a sunny morning, lots of first timers to parkrun and many tourists, all enjoying the great outside.