We welcome Ernest to our Goodgym group. thank you all for attending. It was fairly a hot day but 7 of us ran from The Showroom Cinema to Union Street, to Common Threads We were made very welcome with orange squash and loads if fruits too. Jess gave us a briefing and explained our tasks. We were all impressed with the 'Money Plants' at the entrance and a lovely photo was taken. We worked in pairs sorting from Baby clothes to adults and placing them in appropriate signage bags . There was also a 'Sports Bag' and we were given first choice to take what we want Not everyone is as lucky as Michelle who managed some lively sporty stuff for herself . We were also given bananas, water melons, plums and other treats. Thank you for your generous amount of treats. All in all the task was carried out with the help of other volunteers too.

Our good friends at the walk wheel cycle trust had asked for extra pairs of hands to tackle the local infamous grot spot on the cycle path around the old Durham Ox pub and sorry it looked too: there was litter, vegetation hanging low, plenty of fallen leaf mulch on the path encroaching and shrinking the path to half its width.

Jane and Hafza from the Trust shared the tools and off we went tackling the path from both ends on a strategic pincer movement: 2 of us with shovels, 4 with pickers to start with, then onto brooms and loppers. and before you knew it, we had met in the middle and the cycle paths started to look more like a red carpet!

We took time on the way back to meet with a few cats and with the lion and lionnesses sculptures of the Sheffield children’s hospital " pride of Yorkshire" fundraiser!

7 Goodgymers ran up to Pittsmoor Road to meet Karen Malone and another volunteer Daniela. Nice, hot evening and once we started litter picking then there is no stopping us. Actually Celine walked there and back from The Showroom Cinema and she was certainly faster than the runners. There were bottles, cans, some flytipping, loads of other rubbish of crisps packets, clothes, socks, shoes, paper and adhoc stuff. Another lovely, young volunteer by the name of Abdullah joined us. He seems to know everyone in the local area. He was also curious about Goodgym and asked a few questions. He says he might join us one day because he us not fit yet and drives to Barnsley to work. Litter Picking is really addictive and we all enjoyed doing it. We walked and ran after the task but we continued to litter pick on our way back. So addictive! We managed to buy Ice Cream from a corner shop to cool ouselves down and it was my treat. Celine also managed to get some nice grub from The Showroom Cafe and treated us because she bought 'Good to Go' and there was more than expected Lovely day for this particular task.