Monday 29th June
Report written by Newcastle runner
Six GoodGymers set out from Stepney Bank Stables tonight armed with litter pickers and the last of the leaflets we had to deliver to promote this weekend's Ouseburn Festival.
Welcome back to Daniel for good deed number two. Aspiring TaskForce member Nour was completed good deed number seven. Everyone else has been doing good deeds for a very long time now!
We set off towards Byker, picking up litter along Lime Street and Byker Bank before heading off to the area around St Lawrence Park. We delivered the Ouseburn Festival leaflets to some terraced houses and the blocks of flats at Ouseburn Wharf. It turned that that area around the blocks of flats was very badly littered, so we filled up four bin liners in that small area. Some of the labels on the bottles and cans were so faded that the litter had probably been there for years. Thankfully much of it is there no longer!
If you've never attended the Ouseburn Festival, it takes place this coming Saturday and Sunday. We'll be back next Monday to pick up any litter left behind.
