There was a good turn out from GoodGym to the People's Park litter pick with a total of 6 of us helping to clear up the park ready for tonight's fireworks. Fortunately there was not too much to do but we did manage to collect a total of around 12 bags of litter as well as a shopping trolley. Rather than leave the trolley for the council to collect, Jackie generously decided that she would return the trolley to the appropriate supermarket and set off to get some more steps in pushing the trolley ahead of her. It was a pleasant morning, not to cold and perfectly dry so it was good to be out in the fresh air and enjoying the beauty of the park in it's autumn splendour. Well done team - what a great start to the weekend.

7 Luton Goodgymers joined the Friends of Leagrave Park for their monthly litterpick. The sun was out on a fresh halloween morning and everyone got stuck in to the task with no scary incidents. The team collected 17 bags of rubbish and rather than bobbing for apples we pulled a buggy, and a suitcase out of the river (not face first though). All in all, it was a very productive morning. Well done everyone 👻👹💪

There was a good turn out from GoodGym to join the People's Park Litter Pick this morning, and despite the recent good weather the park wasn't too bad for litter. With the sun shining through the clouds, it was a lovely way to spend an hour so at the start of the weekend. With such a big group it was easy to get the park cleaned up, and by pairing up we were able to sort the litter from recyclables. We are always on the look out for unusual items, and GoodGymer Petros was pleased to find a petrol strimmer that had been discarded under one of the trees.
Well done team, we left the park looking prim (or strim) and proper, and clear of "party balloons" and sharps, tidy and safe for families to relax in over the weekend.

Pulling weeds that is! This week's group run was a trip out to finish weeding the young trees that we made a start on last week. unfortunately we found a couple more that hadn't survived the long hot summer but the rest all got their weeds pulled and mulch spread out to help them recover and prepare for winter.

We also welcomed Patrick to his first run session and once the trees were sorted out we had a little running game that involved running around to steal cones from the other players to be the first to collect three cones! It was a fun little warm-up to prepare for the return journey back into town.

We had a couple of tree related tasks this week for our group run. Part one was a run out to the hillside meadow on Stockingstone Road where there are some Hop Hornbeam trees, a more unusual variety of tree. We collected a bagful of seed from four trees and then deposited them in a secure location at Wardown Park for the council's tree officer Bob to use to increase the number and diversity of trees around town.

Moving on, we went a little further out to the Riddy Lane park where there are about 25 young trees recently planted. Our task here was to remove the weeds, check on the tree's health and report back to the council if any had not survived the exceptionally long hot summer. Fortunately most of the ones we inspected had survived but we only got half way through them before time was up and we had to head back into town. We'll be back to finish off next time!

All together we clocked up 8.5km!

It had been a while since we visited the Welcome to Luton gravel sign, it had got a bit patchy with weeds and looking sad so we spent our evening running up the hill to get to it. Pulled out the weeds, tidied the stones back into their right places and then enjoyed a quick run back down the hill.