This lunchtime we were back on the Tour of Welling with Discover Welling for the penultimate stop in their Great British Spring Clean adventure.

Julie kicked things off with a full workout, hauling the fully-loaded Tour trolley uphill from her home to meet us at Falconwood Parade. We’re talking grabbers, bags and hoops - basically a mobile clean-up command centre. Who needs a gym when you’ve got that?

For the rest of us the exercise was less intense as we took a deep dive into the world of playground litter. Bottles, cans, sweet wrappers and even a flip-flop had clearly been playing hide and seek in the bushes, but we wrestled them out.

With blue skies overhead and warm sunshine, it felt less like a task and more like a rewarding dose of the outdoors.

It was lovely to have Sandy with us, a local resident who read about the Tour on social media and decided to help out. Proof that community spirit, good vibes (and litter pickers) are contagious.

We didn’t conquer all the rubbish so a return visit (or two… or three 👀) might be on the cards. But for now, the areas we tackled are looking tidier and a little bit more loved.

Fancy swapping your usual routine for something like this? Come join us! We promise that trolley pulling is optional!

We supported Discover Welling on their Great British Spring Clean 'Tour of Welling' with a stop at Welling Station. A local councillor came along too.

Station staff were on hand to help and provided daffodils and crocus for us to plant. A lovely splash of colour alongside the path to and from the platform.

We also painted a wall in preparation for a new mural to be installed. Brown pebble-dashed concrete is now clean white.

A sunny task to brighten up the route used by so many local residents 😎.

On Thursday afternoon we joined the latest session of the 'Tour of Welling' for the Great British Spring Clean. Alongside members of Discover Welling and a local councillor our mission was to clean up Wrotham Road.

Armed with the essential tools of hi-vis vests, gloves, grabbers and litter bags we began picking up litter in front of St Michael's Community Centre and the other side of the street in front of the parade of shops.

Aided by the lovely sunny spring weather, we cleared loads of drinks cans and bottles from hedges, as well as lots of sweet packaging and cigarette ends.

We bumped into a member of the council's street cleaning team who had stopped for lunch in the café, and alerted him to the large gas canisters we'd hooked out of the bushes, so they could be picked up and disposed of safely. Then we moved on to the area leading into Stevens Park and the park itself.

Once we finished, that section of Wrotham Road looked much cleaner. And we'd enjoyed a rewarding hour in the sunny outdoors.

Look out for other stops on the Tour of Welling over the coming days, plus plenty more asks on offer in Bexley borough.