Wow! A record 16 litterpickers turned out for Clean Up Charlton's monthly pick... with 9 GoodGymers included. Our 16 bags of rubbish were a bit lighter than usual as they seemed to be half full of cigarette ends - maybe the stress of a 2:1 loss for Charlton Athletic yesterday? And Ivar was on shocking form as you can see...

With such a big group we powered round Anchor & (no) Hope Lane, Bugsby's Way (plenty of MacDonald's litter there) and Woolwich Road before meeting at M&S for the usual celebratory coffee. Today, the team was really the perfect blend.

Here's a great joke from one of our sparky junior litterpickers: "What did the egg say to me when I told it a joke?" ..... wait for it.... "You crack me up!". He's got a future as a GoodGym report writer!

Thanks team for making SE7 a lot nicer. Love you a latte.

As Paul B was on holiday he couldn't do his regular weekly Community Connections mission of helping deliver Mr V’s weekly food shop, so I stepped in instead. When I arrived at Mr V's house, he already had a lovely list prepared. We went through it together and added a couple more items for good measure!

At his local Asda, most of what he wanted was in stock — apart from raspberries. He later told me strawberries would have been an acceptable substitute… I’ll remember that for next time! All in all, he seemed really pleased with what I brought back.

On the way home, I realised I’d clocked almost 8 miles walking from Charlton to Deptford and back. Naturally, I felt this deserved a quick stop at the Green Goddess for some well-earned refreshment. As it turned out, they had a beer festival on, and I got chatting to a few people — it took some effort to eventually prize myself away and continue home!

All in all, a mission successfully accomplished.

With the promise of lighter evenings, we gathered at Glass Mill with the slightest bit of lighter sky remaining. Not long until we won't need the lights and head torches and they can go away for another summer.

Welcome to Ndubuisi hope you enjoyed your first GoodGym ssssion and that we'll see you back at future sessions.

The task for the evening was to clear the weeds between the hedgerows at Florence Green. We planted these and then removed their protective casing and now we're making sure they're not overrun by weeds until they get big enough to stand their ground.

We've made good progress along the row and hopefully by the end of next group run we'll make it to the end!