After meeting at FCC and the introduction of the Litter Pick Bingo cards, we split into two teams to head to Kingston Rec. Sammy, Jim and mini-GGer Betsy made up our running group, whilst the rest of the squad walked a slightly sneaky back route.

Just as we were starting our picking challenge, seven-year old Harry and his dad came over and were very excited to join in. Along with their two dogs, they came in a very commendable joint second place with Sammy. Jim found an impressive stash of onions for everyone to secure their "vegetable" - it would have been disappointing to do a pick at Kingston Rec and not find one. After a miraculous find of a chilli pepper in a bush, Betsy and Wilson were the first to call BINGO! The competition was fierce throughout, and there was much debate as to whether something counted as a "suspicious liquid", or if something was large enough to reach "Big Ticket Item" status. Honourable mentions to everyone who took part, as even the lowest score was an impressive 6/8.

... OK, "Global Group Run" was a bit of a stretch, but with 300 miles between our farthest-flung litter picks, it feels pretty massive!

Our northern-most pick was in the Lake District with Sarah and Wilson. It looked like a very scenic walk, apart from the fake toenail, smelly sock and pair of underpants they found!

Down in Sherwood Forest, Dave started his day with a run and a litter pick, whilst Jen's was more gentle, with a post-dinner stroll.

Katie L misled a beach full of children whilst photographing litter in a rock pool down in Devon.

Hannah smashed out two litter picks in Southampton, whilst our remaining GoodGymers kept the streets of Portsmouth, Southsea and Emsworth clean.

Fantastic job everyone, great work keeping the spirit of GoodGym alive whilst I'm on holiday!

Katie and I found lots of pieces of insulating foam washed up on Tipner beach. We collected it all, along with lots of plastic and rope.

Less than an hour, and we left the beach much cleaner than we'd found it.

Paul filled a bag up from the cycle lane that runs from the Mountbatten Centre to Target Rd so all of Tipner got a spruce up this morning.

A successful morning at the North End street cutting back a lot of the growth and picking up lots of litter. Highlight of the litter was a Billy Joel cassette!!

The local garden users were already there, encouraging us in our work and asking if we could help with giving them a haircut. One helped carry the bags of garden waste to Judy's car at the end.

Today’s task was a little bit roar-dinary!

Portsmouth is celebrating 100 years as a city with a spectacular trail of 46 lions prowling across the city, and we simply couldn’t resist the pride.

We took the chance to run and litter pick while tracking down some magnificent big cats. Our running group, led by our roar-some leader Jen, made light work of a 5K from Fratton to Gunwharf, while our walking pride, expertly led by Fiona, covered just as much ground—proving there’s more than one way to earn your stripes… even if they’re the wrong big cat!

Together we hunted down 10 lions and pounced on a bag of litter along the way. It was the purr-fect way to tidy up our city while celebrating our amazing community. Safe to say we all had a roaring good time, and a few of us got just a little bit over-pride-d with excitement whenever another lion appeared!

A huge welcome goes to our new GoodGymers, Katie and Lana, who absolutely lion-heartedly threw themselves into the run and every physical challenge along the route. They took it all in their stride and didn’t let anything prey on their minds.

We hope you’ll be back to run with the pride again soon—because once you’ve had a roaring evening like this, it’s hard to paws for too long!

Despite sticking to just the front of the park, we managed to fill a whole bag in half an hour - in large part, thanks to the enthusiastic supervision of Indie, the beautiful labrador!

We were very surprised to see a bush draped in a huge white web, which was probably the work of gorgeous ermine moth caterpillars.