Today four GoodGymmers helped out clearing the shrubs at the edge of Elswick Park. The lovely Sam joined us for her first ever GoodGym task and Andrew completed his 99th task!

We met Andrea and Ken from Newcastle Parks who had been cutting down the big trees around the edge of the park and got to work helping them clear the debris and branches. Andrew and Sam got to work litter picking and soon each had a bin bag full whilst me and Andy grabbed some clippers and chopped down the smaller shrubs.

After an hour of good progress, we got caught in a surprise downpour and so took the hint from Mother Nature and have a lovely cup of tea hiding under some trees. This did give us a great chance for us to admire how much we managed to clear in the park.

Tea break over, me, Andrew and Andy got litter picking and Sam got chopping some more shrubs. Before we knew it, it was quarter to three and time to finish clearing the remaining debris.

It was a lovely afternoon in the park and thanks so so much to everyone who came along. If you want to help us make Newcastle parks a nicer place to be, we are back at St Lawrence Park next Saturday and back at Harbottle Park next Sunday.