A much bigger group of GoodGym volunteers than last month supported the friends of Stopsley common to pick litter and enjoy a scenic walk.

Highlights included a mare and her foal, the buttercups, an orchid and wonderful panoramic views of Luton.

Join us next month for the purple orchids in bloom across the common!

We joined the Friends of Stopsley Common for a scenic walk to see various flowers in bloom but particularly the blossoming bluebells. Along the way we picked up any litter and left the woods spotless.

In the end, we collected three bags of rubbish and were surprised the find several crisp packets from the 1990s. We had a competition but David beat my 1999 crisp packet to win with 1991.

This afternoon, 5 GoodGymmers made their way over to support the Friends of Stopsley Common with their monthly litterpicking session, who as usual were very grateful to receive our help. Due to the heavy rain, the common and Hays Wood were quite flooded in parts, but this wasn't enough to put us off! Before long, everyone was getting stuck in, and Siobhan (FOSC) triumphantly discovered a vintage hula hoop crisp packet from 2002! Shout out to Gill for kindly giving some of our muddy GoodGymmers a lift to and from the task. A brilliant effort, well done all!

If you went down in the woods today, you sure of a big surprise,

If you went down in the woods today you'd probably meet these guys,

And all the litter that there was

Was gathered up without any pause,

Today's the day the GoodGymmers went to Stopsley.

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Every GoodGymmer who's been good was sure of a treat today.

Lots of empty tins of beer were hidden behind the hay

Beneath the trees where nobody sees,

They poked about on bended knees,

And even found some time to take a quick pic.

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Litter pick time for GoodGymmers

Yasin and Julius were having a lovely time today.

Welcoming our new recruit

Sophia joined us and we all said Yay!

Duncan threw some cans about

Ehsan bought a meter out

And Gill found an old green chair

At 3 o'clock, our Dani and Marti

Then took us to the hedge

And with our bags full they gave us spares.

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If you go down in the woods today, you won't even have to moan.

If you go down in the woods today there will be no litter thrown.

For GoodGymmers don't need no applause

They cleaned it up for certain because

Today's the day the Goodgymers did their litter-pick.

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🎉Congratulations Sophia for your first GoodGym task. 🎉 We hope to see you again soon.

(Apologies to Martin whose name I had to shorten to get it to scan).