A chilly but dry evening enjoyably spent clearing lots of leaves and scrubbing away moss at Plum Hall, Colchester Borough Homes. Autumn has truly arrived! We helped make the paths and pavement accessible and hopefully prevented them becoming slippery in the rain. Topics of conversation included how not to include a leaf pun in the run report title and philosophical bedtime stories for children!

Two goodgymers walked 4 miles to join a group of like minded individuals keen to continue the task of freeing the trees. We removed and gathered 11 bags of plastic sleeves, and a big pile of wooden poles for collection. It was a real workout!

Chilly evenings are here, so after meeting at the theatre for another Goodgym task we quickly set about gathering some trash to keep warm. Some chat about upcoming birthday parties, vaping and the weird logic of people throwing full cans of RedBull in the street, but a time well spent and some good done, as agreed by a passing pizza delivery lady.

Join us for a bunch of upcoming tasks in November!!

6 GoodGymers, plus a couple of juniors, turned out on a glorious autmun morning to help keep safe and cheer on 86 runners, and it must have worked - there were 23 new PBs amongst them!

The last Beewalk of the year capturing data for the Bumblebee count 2024. After 8 months gathering data and submitting it to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust we will be eagerly awaiting the national results. Early indications show that this year was not good at all for bumblebees, an indicator species for the state of our wildlife. The good news...we can all do things to help improve the situation starting today. Visit the Trust's website for details.

Another session removing plastic tree guards from 100s of now established trees. Less plastic litter, more tree health, win win!