We made quite a difference to the grounds at Welling Library today.

'Make mine a vodka and Coke.' With nearly fifty empty glass bottles there had clearly been a drinking party at some point! They all went into the recycling bin ♻️.

Then we tackled the weeds and brambles, not easy in the frozen ground 🌱 .

Luckily we were working around the sunny sides of the building and all our activity kept us warm despite the minus temperatures in the shade 🌡.

A little over an hour - and nine bin bags-ful later - we headed to a nearby café for hot drinks and more chatting. The hot chocolate was a well-earned winner!

Elsewhere, GoodGym tourism saw Ashton's litterpicking, and Peter's volunteering at junior parkrun take us to 25 good deeds this month. This means we've already reached our target for the January Challenge 💥!

That's amazing, and great work Team GG Bexley! Can we make it to 50 by the end of the month do you think?

Our team of four arrived at 7pm sharp to begin the task of tidying up the front and side areas around the library in Welling.

Being GoodGym, we had made our way either running, walking or by bike to add a little additional exercise into the task in hand. 🏃🏻‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚴‍♀️

The weeds and litter were immediately evident and this did at first appear to be a gargantuan task! However once we got started it didn’t take long to begin to see a difference.

Sarah and I set to work at the front; weeding, litter picking, sweeping and generally sprucing the entrance up.

Martin set to work with his gloves and bag to attack the litter and weeds.

The brambles on the side path looked insurmountable but, undaunted, Sue soon had them in hand and did a sterling job hacking them back with her loppers!

Once we’d finished at the front we helped the others tidy the side area and swept and bagged up all the weeds. Five sack-loads in an hour.

Time to run home and reflect on the task. Hard work but rewarding. We had many passers by looking with interest at what we were doing and the highlight for us was the gentleman that stopped and simply said, “Thank you so much”.

Great work team!