After a circus-style warm-up, full of jumping into and over bin bag hoops, Conor, Steph, Sevan and Kash ran nearly 4 km from Ealing to North Acton, which GoodGym hadn't visited for a litterpick for a while. The area might have changed dramatically over a couple of years, with its seemingly never-ending supply of new tower blocks, but what had not changed was the supply of litter in the alleyway cutting through North Acton Cemetery. Or maybe it had even grown bigger with the expanding population?

The runners met Maria, who had cycled to North Acton Station from Chiswick after having successfully repaired her bike. Well done! The five dished out council bin bags, litter pickers, hoops and even hi-viz vests to legitimise their litter-picking claims. And be safer in a poorly-lit passage.

The GoodGymers didn't need to travel far to find rubbish, as just within a few metres from the entrance to the alleyway, they collected six bags of litter in under 40 minutes. Apart from an industrial-sized brush that barely fitted a bin sack and some food wrappers, the collection of trash consisted mostly of drink cans and bottles from around the world. If that alleyway had been a bar, it would have served you whatever you wanted - you name it! Stella Artois? Check. Carlsberg? Check. Tyskie? Check. Corona? Check. Smirnoff? Check. Heineken? Check. Glen's? Check. Red Stripe? Check. And so on.

The team opted for depth rather than length of the litter research and cleared the section of the path that probably needed it most, leaving the rest of the passage for another time. Solid impact, everyone!

Had a lot of fun chipping in at Graham Street Park with some composting. It's a lovely park of town by the canal. Nice to see some familiar faces as we worked as a close knit team to work away at the two small compost heaps. We had a little bit of a scare early on as we were threatened to be kicked out by a park keeper but we managed to negotiate a bit more time to finish the job. A proper workout with plenty of forking and shoveling to be had. Thanks Eslam for having us and I'm sure we'd happily return if there's more to do in the coming months.