Stephanie, Ashley and Janine joined Final Straw Foundation in their monthly litter pick along the beach along Hazel Road near the Itchen River.

They had a full team of volunteers to collect over 36kg of debris from the beach. There was a shocking amount of microplastics and pellets from the industry nearby - these were hand picked and collected to reduce the pollution going into the sea. There was glass, plastic and rubbish collected on a nice sunny morning. Thanks to Woolston Coffee for their complementary drinks for all of us to thank Final Straw for their work! Join us for the next one.

Stephanie and myself met on a Saturday morning to support the set up of multiple gazebos in preparation for Trifest. We helped organisers pitch their stalls which included seed swaps, the organisers tent and a beer tent.

The weather was lush, the UV was 7 and we even had a little trip to the local sourdough bakery. It felt good to support local business and be part of the festival.

A lovely session joining Friends of Portswood Rec helping them keep their beautiful garden blooming for all to enjoy, despite the heatwave we are going through. Laura was on watering duties and Stephanie was enjoying her favourite task cutting back the brambles. Amazing how much you can get done in an hour before the sun gets too hot. 😎

Maple joined me to put the tail into tailwalking today, while Steph completed her first parkwalk, speedy Hannah and Orla ran and scanned, Beth joined for her second GG and fastest 5k of the year, and Sarah represented us in the middle of the pack! Afterwards we went to our favourite refill shop where we help litter pick, Lemon and Jinja, for refreshments.

A lovely session with Jill and the lovely volunteers at Woolston Station Garden. We even had time to stop for a break. There are always some brambles to weed out and we were dressing the beds thanks to a donation of bark. It is fabulous to see all the bees and pollinators enjoying the amazing flowers growing in the beds.