That's a wrapper for Magdalen Wood

13 Goodgymers helped their local community in Oxford
Henry Gibson
Thomas Schiller
Shati Patel
Hattie Elvins
Katie Fellows
Amy Woolloff
Ben Foster
Matt Burton
Jo Milton
Mark
Anwen Greenaway
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Oxford

Saturday 19th March 2022

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As part of the annual OxClean Spring Clean, we chose to take on the tough task of clearing Magdalen Wood in Wood Farm of any litter and discarded items. The bright sunshine and warm weather surprised quite a few Goodgymers with some layers of clothing needing to be removed before donning gloves and wielding litter pickers. We had some extra help too from Susan Brown, leader of Oxford City Council.

On the surface there wasn't too much litter but a little exploration off the beaten path revealed a whole range of rubbish. There was the standard array of drinks cans and crisp packets, including what looked like the leftovers of a party with 40-50 empty cans of cheap lager in one small area.

Other more unusual items included:

  • Records
  • Shoes
  • A very dashing gold and black dress (upping the class of clothing finds on litter picks)
  • A Henry Hoover casing
  • A bike wheel rim
  • Discarded needle stash (appropriately removed in sharps boxes and bio-hazard bags)
  • An Arsenal FC towel (probably worth discarding anyway...)
  • Lots of empty condom wrappers!

Magdalen Wood is a really nice place for walks and bike rides for locals so it's always a shame we find so much rubbish here. Hopefully the locals will be able to enjoy the area a bit more now with less rubbish littered around! ODS very helpfully picked up the laden bags and other rubbish items after we had finished.

Welcome to Ketai for joining for your first Goodgym session and hopefully see you again soon! Thank you to our Lord Mayor Mark for reaching his 100th Good and Amy for reaching her 50th before leaving for pastures new.


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OxClean is an Oxford Civic Society initiative dedicated to keeping Oxford clean and tidy all year round – ensuring that our beautiful city is a welcoming and pleasant place for people to live, work and visit.

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