A small team braved a chilly Sunday morning to support Keep Britain Tidy’s annual ‘Great British Spring Clean’.

Sadly, there’s always plenty of litter to be picked in SE7 and we tackled Anchor & Hope Lane so that those waiting for the 180/486/472 bus now have a vista of clean borders and a bit of the way round the corner along the Woolwich Road. No particularly interesting finds but we managed 8 bags between the four of us in just over an hour and hopefully Monday’s commuters will appreciate the difference!

*thanks to Felicity for organising the session and writing the report!

Sunday was not a normal January day. As 5 Good Gym runners arrived at Charlton’s Hornfair Park for the month weekend Group Run to the Woolwich Common litter pick, the sun was shining and the temperature was not at all like January. So the run began and, although the weather was nice, the run leader wasn’t and after a gentle jog through Charlton park it was into Maryon Wilson park for some hills. After half an hour or so and a great effort on the part of the runners, we arrived at the Common to be met by Bea and Felicity, after which we split into two groups to starting picking. It was nice that once we were done there had been very little litter to pick up so long may this state of affairs continue.

This one's written in memory of Matthew Perry, a courageous and talented man who will be missed by many.

Today a couple of us met for a run before the usual monthly litter pick in a trial of a Sunday Group Run! Shout out to Nicole my new neighbour who joined me on her very first group run! We met the rest of the group on the common to start the task and it wasn't for the faint hearted today with the heavens opening just as we started the litter pick. I can't speak for our other GoodGymers - Felicity, John, Sarah and Marta were off doing good across the far reaches of the common. These guys know the best spots for litter being regulars here! Meanwhile, Nicole, myself, Lukas and Maria squelched our way through high hill and yonder vale, picking up nappies, stella, nitrous oxide and a rather impressive torn apart guitar. It always amazes me that something so miserable as traipsing through the rain picking up litter can be made fun when we're together.

Maria had some geeky moments, searching for mushrooms and deciding they weren't the psychedelic kind!

A lovely morning, topped off with some hot chai provided by Green S Welfare UK.

Until next time, folks!