Tonight 17 GoodGymers ran 6.5km to support the conservation at Mousehold Heath.

We welcomed first timers Elisa, Beth and Sam who joined us on their first group run.

Mousehold warden Will lead us to the areas needing work, so we split into 2 groups and started pulling up bracken.

Will pointed out areas we have visited before, that showed signs of less bracken and more heather growth and also encourages more insects and wildlife. So tonights task will hopefully go a long way towards continuing this conservation work.

After 50 mins of hard work in the warm weather, we headed home with another job well done!

This was our 2nd visit to Mousehold Heath this year.

We went to a different section of the heath. The task was to pull bracken again, but this time getting rid of it from an area where it was invasive to the native Heather, which in areas was in full purple bloom.

This evening was Katy's 200th good deed, marked by her and Bill bringing us some of their famous yellow courgettes.

Like always, the team worked incredibly hard, the before and after shots were yet again mind dazzling.

This evening marked 6 years since the launch of GoodGym Norwich, and I've had the pleasure of being there since the start.

We've been fortunate enough to help at Mousehold Heath since year 1, so it was very apt that we were visiting there this week.

Will, the regular warden of Mousehold Heath, greeted us with some pitch forks, as we then headed in to the heath to pull up some bracken.

As you can see from the before and after photos, we made huge inroads!

Clearing the invasive bracken allows for more wildlife to thrive in the heath.

We topped off the evening with a picnic in the park to celebrate 6 epic years, with many more to come.

Tonight 15 Goodgymer's met at Mousehold Heath marking our last session here for the summer.

A group of 6 runners ran 5.5km in total to join the rest of the group at the task.

Resident Warden Will, lead the group with forks and rakes to a woodland glade ready to be cleared of bracken.

We also gave a big round of applause to Kathryn who achieved her 50th Good Deed this evening, almost 3 years to the day of her very first task!

After 45mins of raking and pulling up bracken, we had created many piles that were spread out to prevent any fire risks.

Well done team! See you next week.

12 Goodgymers, 2 kids and 2 dogs headed to Mousehold Heath to pull up some bracken.

Half the group met at the Forum and ran 6.5km in total up the hill to the task and back - who said Norwich was flat! Thanks Penny for being the back marker.

Shout out to Sam who joined us for her first GoodGym task.

Resident Mousehold Warden, Will led us to the area to be cleared armed with rakes and loppers. The group got to work pulling up the bracken and collecting up the dry piles to prevent any unwanted fires. With the dogs in tow, we paid special attention not to disturb any unexpected wasp nests!

Shout out to Jonathan who completed his 100th task this evening, fantastic effort!

After 45mins work and a whole area cleared with headed our separate ways on a warm sunny evening.

This week's task was to pull out bracken at a very dry Mousehold Heath.

Prior to us arriving, the fire service were there putting put a fire, luckily it was only a small one and didn't interfere with us.

The team had to work extremely hard to pull the bracken up from the dry ground but they managed to successful pull up a whole load, so it really was a fantastic effort.

Bill and Katy kindly shared out some of their homegrown gooseberries for people to take home with them.