2 Luton Goodgymers supported The Friends of Peoples Park with their monthly litterpick . As ever, many obscure finds and lot of good work done to collect around 20 bags of litter. The walk in the sunshine was nice and definitely made it worthwhile. Well done team, great job

Some of Luton Goodgym's finest came out this weekend to support the Friends of Leagrave Park with their monthly litterpick.
The task was made all the more enjoyable with the sun shining 🌞. The team collected the equivalent of 26 bags of rubbish. Great work team 👏 👍🏻 💪 👌 🙌

Just the one Goodgymer at this task but three others from the Friends of Winsdon Hill and Dallow Downs took to the hill and picked until their bags were bulging.

It's been a long slog over the last few months clearing a massive buildup of litter but it feels like we're getting on top of it now and going deeper into the woods to find litter, though there's still plenty left for sure.

This week our group run was a team-up with another group of volunteers from the Luton Someries Rotary Club. They look after a garden patch in Wardown Park that went a bit wild in past years but has been brought back under control thanks to their efforts.

We ran out from the town centre to find Jan and her team of volunteers getting the weeding done. Our first job was to dig some holes and plant the new plants. A second job was to dig out a clump of sedge which had got a bit out of control. That turned out to be the biggest job as it really didn't want to move. Resistant to forks, spades, sawing the roots it really wouldn't budge.

Community spirited passer-by Hafsa stopped to see what we were up to and joined in with the gang, helping to transform this patch into a flowery feature for the summer. Good on you Hafsa! It's lovely when people compliment our activity and amazing when they join in 💪🏼

A quick break for squash and some Jammy Dodgers and we tried again to have a go at the sedge, summoning the tiger energy in turns to hack away at the roots with a spade and in the closing moments of the session, we secured victory and ripped the clump out of the ground!

Tidying up we helped carry all the weeds and cuttings to the car park for later disposal and bid farewell to Jan's team as we set off for a lap of the cricket pitch and finish our 5km distance for the evening.

5 Goodgymers joined the Friends of Peoples Park team on their monthly litter pick.

No big ticket items to report...the regular litter picks are keeping the park in good shape and hopefully are encouraging users to be more mindful about their litter 🤞

Around 13 bags collected to keep the momentum going followed by an unplanned upper body workout as we lobbed our bags into the cage on the council truck!!!

7 Goodgymers came to support the Friends of Leagrave Park with their monthly litterpick. 2 Trolley's a tent and 14 bags of litter from the team collected in just over am hour and a half. Great work team 👏 👍🏻 💪