After parkrun, we gave Great Salterns a bit of a clean up.

We welcomed Goodgym tourist Jacqui from Barnet and Rebecca's friend also called Rebecca from Southampton.

Among the usual finds, we found a particularly memorable find: part of a man's pants... always keeping things classy on a Goodgym task! On a more tasteful note, we also found a frisbee still in good shape, so we hung it on a low branch as a lucky gift for a passing dog!

June continued its glorious unseasonal weather with constant downpours whilst I tried clearing up some of the mess at the Rec.

No Mow May is still in effect which helped keep a lot of areas clean but it seems the benches are a popular watering hole now!! Bitter at one and Guinness at another.

Plenty of wrappers around and 2 socks, but not a pair!

Fran, Rebecca and I whizzed around this small green space and made a big difference!

Gosh, that was a blustery one!!

In slightly different running conditions from last week's heatwave, four of us headed off from Hilsea Lido before collecting the rest of the crew at the Mountbatten Centre. We welcomed Paul to his very first session - epic commitment to come to a beach task when it's blowing a hooly!

Judy's recommendation to bring smaller bags was certainly a good idea, as bin bags would probably have doubled as parachutes with the additional sea "breeze". Weighed down with a few large stones (and a random shellsuit), we got to work filling our bags.

The more interesting finds included a drill picked up by Katie, Andy's mysterious 6 / 9 / g and most fun of all, a message in a bottle!! Sinéad messaged the number on the note, I'll keep you posted if we find out from where and when it came.

Epic work in challenging conditions, folks, well done! I think my favourite photos might be the ones featuring Andy in a t-shirt and shorts whilst Louisa looks ready for an Arctic Expedition 🥶

We cleared a big grassy area at the front of the station, ready for the soil to be added and wildflower seeds sown!

It was a good workout, in very lovely company. The station is looking great!

We wandered through an ever-changing Bransbury Park and collected the usual suspects of litter and got a bagful!