Such a brillaint afternoon at the SALT festival! The GoodGym stall provided an opportunity for us to share how volunteering can support mental health and wellbeing. We talked about the benefits of building connections, reducing loneliness and isolation, helping your community and feeling part of something bigger. When we weren't at the stall we also got to enjoy some of the festival activities, including dancing, drumming, Pilates and even braving the ice baths (well done Jen & Dave)! A brilliant afternoon of volunteering, connection, movement and trying something new!

... OK, "Global Group Run" was a bit of a stretch, but with 300 miles between our farthest-flung litter picks, it feels pretty massive!

Our northern-most pick was in the Lake District with Sarah and Wilson. It looked like a very scenic walk, apart from the fake toenail, smelly sock and pair of underpants they found!

Down in Sherwood Forest, Dave started his day with a run and a litter pick, whilst Jen's was more gentle, with a post-dinner stroll.

Katie L misled a beach full of children whilst photographing litter in a rock pool down in Devon.

Hannah smashed out two litter picks in Southampton, whilst our remaining GoodGymers kept the streets of Portsmouth, Southsea and Emsworth clean.

Fantastic job everyone, great work keeping the spirit of GoodGym alive whilst I'm on holiday!

Due to some serious over optimism on timings (and a long queue for coffee) we did a shorter walk to the 2 lions and will have to do the one at Casemates another time.

See all the lions around Portsmouth before they head off on 13th September. Check out https://prideofportsmouth.co.uk/

Well done to Nia on her first visit to Run Walk Local to experience the friendly Sunday morning vibe.

Katie & Nia took the 5K run option, whereas I 'jeffed' along at the back of the 5K participants. But it all counts as good exercise in a picturesque setting.

Despite sticking to just the front of the park, we managed to fill a whole bag in half an hour - in large part, thanks to the enthusiastic supervision of Indie, the beautiful labrador!

We were very surprised to see a bush draped in a huge white web, which was probably the work of gorgeous ermine moth caterpillars.