Three GoodGymers set off on a pleasant Monday evening to finish the litter picking job around Croft Stairs, a set of steps leading to Manor Chare and the Quayside beyond, started a couple of weeks ago. There was so much litter on our previous litter pick that there wasn't time to collect it all.

Today's litter of choice seemed to be large glass bottles, some of them broken. Whether it was wine, Prosecco or vodka, people had decided to discard their empty bottles all over the streets of Newcastle. We managed to fill 13 bags with litter, making a real difference to how the area looks.

Welcome again to Libby, on her second good deed, putting her dog selfie skills to good use when taking one of the photographs for this report. Seasoned litter picker Scott won the award for most litter collected, his second bag being filled in close to record time.

It was a sunny if not blustery morning but I was blown away by the number of runners and volunteers!

Such a brilliant little community. I was tailwalking today and was given a lovely little flower by one of the runners - bless his heart! Nice to be appreciated ❤️

GoodGym Newcastle's first visit to the Bike Garden for a while was very productive. Richard did a lot of compost turning, as well as emptying several wheelbarrows of woodchip onto the top of the compost. Meanwhile Scott was dealing with lots of branches and pieces of wood.

Several of the the Bike Garden's regular volunteers were present as well, completing lots of other tasks and introducing us to a resident frog.

On the first day of autumn, three GoodGymers headed from Stepney Bank Stables towards the Quayside. We covered a slightly different area than usual, some of the streets and areas away from the river.

Welcome to Libby, making her GoodGym debut, and welcome back to Jack, joining us for the first time in a little while. An ankle injury and a two-hour run yesterday meant we focused more on the doing good than getting fit this evening.

Libby spotted an enormous quantity of L'Oréal and Garnier sachets hidden behind a bush next to a car park. Her estimate of 2,000 probably wasn't far wrong. Everyone was extremely dedicated this evening, so we picked them all up and deposited them in a nearby bin. Twelve bags of litter were filled in all, definitely making a difference to how the area looks.

Two goodgymers help Newcastle Parks and Allotments on a wet Saturday morning. I had done Jesmond Dene parkrun in the park and Adam had won his football match before hand.

The main job was simple - cutting back spiky plants the edge of a main path. This would make the path less over grown for the many people using it.

We had a break to do a different job of carrying tables from the bowls building back the case where they belong.

We managed to finish the section we were working on before the worst of the rain, making the path less prickly for park users!

This week's group run was from One Strawberry Lane to Rose Street in the Teams area of Gateshead. We delivered around 250 leaflets on behalf of Stomping Grounds NE. Some of the road layouts were a little unusual, but we managed to deliver all of the leaflets without delivering to the same house twice.