Post junior parkrun litter pick around bransbury.

It was lovely to see Nia again and to meet the wonderful new mini!!

And we have picked the area to attack for next week!

A lot of rubbish had accumulated at this green space - most of it food wrappings; must be a great place for a picnic!

As it's a very small patch, it doesn't take long to make a visible difference!

The wind had certainly picked up for our pick.

Laura and I had made a start on the paths around the roundabout when Jen rocked up with GG pooch Rodger and mini gg-er Alice to help us clear the bushes!

2 bags later and we headed off to enjoy our Mother's day lunches.

A post parkrun pick, with treasures aplenty including a net "we'll never get that in the bag" (we did!), some glasses and the obligatory piece of clothing (a glove this time).

The promise of a post pick "pick me up" at Costa meant that we filled one massive Colas bag nice and fast on our diagonal route from Hilsea Cricket Club up to Burrfields Rd.

Good work team!

Jane, Fran and I had a quick lunchtime blitz of litter in Milton Park where we found the usual suspects of wrappers bottles and cans, we also dislodged many a bottle and can and plastic bag in the bushes, and of course some clothing items (a glove and a sock!). One big bag collected and reported to Colas, a lunchtime well spent!

To lop off too much! That was our master-class in rose bush pruning today. There were lots of volunteers today, including 3 new recruits and not just because the sun was out. There was a cold wind blowing across the park, but the pruning activity soon warmed us up and proved very therapeutic. We managed to complete all of the rose beds before clearing up and enjoying some refreshments in the sun.