Superb efforts from everyone who took part in litter picks across Portsmouth and beyond today!

Mel and Vicki kicked things off nice and early with a pick at Alexandra Park, although Jane was actually first in with her pick last night! Julie received plenty of praise from passers by as she cleaned up by Lidl. Laura and her dog, Woody, completed an early morning beach clean. It seems Woody was disappointed he didn't find any snacks, only food wrappers!

We've had a trolley retrieved from the chalk cliffs of Paulsgrove by Lucy and Duncan, a beach clean in Bracklesham with an accompanying sea dip for Judy and Val and a whopping 16 mile run with a cemetery litter pick by Andy!

Nia and baby Zoe headed to Southampton Common for their pick, whilst Dave and I took a stroll through Sherwood Forest to burn off a very unnecessary sundae!

Ness and Sinéad focused on the shoreline for their picks at Fort Cumberland and Langstone Harbour respectively.

We'll be back to normal next week with a visit to the You Trust in North End for some painting and decorating. Hopefully see you in person then!

The amount of multi-coloured beach plastic on Tipner shore seemed overwhelming for a solo GoodGymer. So, after filling 2 sacks with rubbish in double-quick time, I decided to focus on just one colour, so that I could feel a sense of achievement for the time spent.

Yellow seemed to choose itself 💛 - it was everywhere.

Now I guess I need to return to do another colour.

I promise i ran the RWL 5K wearing my red GGs,but I didn't take a selfie, and I don't feature on this week's photos on RWL's social media!

So here's a photo from last time instead.

Vanessa and I joined the Friends of Langstone Harbour for a beach clean at Milton Lock / Eastney inlet. The sea was nowhere to be seen - the tide was way out. So, plenty of mudflats and exposed litter.

Vanessa was like a dog with a bone (or a GoodGymer on a beach clean!) and dug away at a semi-submerged plastic bucket, which was eventually dislodged by another of the volunteers. Of course, we found lots of plastic, polystyrene and pottery.

The beach is clean, for now - until the next high tide.