3 Goodgymers ( plus Duncan’s surprise visit ) joined friends of people’s park on Saturday morning for monthly litter pick . Together we managed to collect over 10 bags of waste plus a TV

This week's group run was a return to the very long task of removing invasive goldenrod plants from the riverside meadow.

A few years ago when we started tackling this task the plant covered the whole meadow and was shoulder high all over. The big thick clumps took all our might to pull out.

After several seasons of pulling by us and other volunteer groups the meadow is showing massively improved biodiversity and the goldenrod that remains was just knee high little seedlings and shoots from fragments of root left behind last year. The pulling was also much easier as they didn't have as firm a grip of the ground.

With six of us picking our way between plants and pulling up piles of plants we made a huge impact toward finally getting this patch cleared. Plus we got it all done before it went to seed! We'll see what returns next year but it won't be much and we'll be back to finish it off once and for all.

Although there wasn't a lot of food to choose from to make tonight's meal, the one thing we did have lots of was eggs. So the question for the cooking team was how can we make a tasty dinner using eggs which isn't a tortilla and doesn't involve boiled eggs as we have had enough (or un oeuf) of peeling eggs. For the main course of eggs shakshuka many eggs needed cracking, and the dessert required more eggs to make a fruit custardy base with a meringue topping. So Dani, Lucie and Gill all got cracking in the kitchen. In the main hall the hosting team includes Neill and Abdulrahman, and although Sam was meant to be hosting we soon persuaded her to come into the kitchen as she is the number one potwasher on the team. Another successful meal with lots of happy guests.