On Sunday morning I joined the local residents for their first litter pick of the year in the area. A lot of the litter was at its worse around the riverbank edges which required some precarious balancing to as not to topple in and become part of the problem!

It was good to welcome a team of 8 GoodGymers to help the residents with the Lonodn Road Litter Pick. Despite the drizzly conditions, we had an interesting time making the lower half of London Road clean and tidy, and including the car park at the medical centre - which always gives us plenty to keep us busy. We filled a couple of bags each, and even found a television, a kitchen work top and a massive mirror to add to the pile of bags. The local team were so pleased to have us helping out to keep this major entrance road to Luton looking clean and welcoming. Well done team.

7 of GG Luton's finest braved the elements this week to help the Friends of Leagrave Park volunteers with their monthly litterpick. The weather was grim but you can't dampen our spirits. Great effort everyone 👏 👍🏻 👌

There was a good team out to support the South Luton Litter Pick on Saturday including several brand new GoodGymers. Omar gave them a great welcome, and the local residents were so appreciative of all their efforts to collect in total 44 bags of litter. Well done to the team.

8 Goodgymers joined ABCD-IN-LUTON and the Friends of Leagrave Park on their monthly litterpick. As ever there were some weird and wonderful finds amongst the 17 bags of rubbish that we all collected. Well done to everyone that took part

In conjunction with a long term restoration plan by the Council's Parks team, the Luton and Dunstable Conservation volunteer team, and the Friends of Dallow Downs, the mission in the middle of our run this week was targeting litter in a neglected area of the Dallow Downs.

Previous conservation activity to clear the scrub in the wooded areas revealed a lot of litter in the undergrowth, we got in there supported by Kevin from ABCD-in-Luton with the equipment and foraged 16 bags of litter from amongst the trees. Also dragged out was some laminate flooring, several wooden pallets, a drawer and a traffic cone.

On our return journey we stopped by Brantwood park for a quick blast of sprint intervals to really stretch the legs before calling it a night.