It was GoodGym's monthly trip to Baffins for their litter pick today.

Sammy arrived frresh from parkeun with an iced coffee and some banana bread in her bag. We were then joined by Holly and Rebecca.

We decided to pick in the woods to keep in the shade as much as possible, and there was a reasonable amount of Friday night party rubbish. Best finds were a sealed pack of sweets, 2 different sized nerf arrows, tinsel and a 3d printed man who we named Robert. We even found 2 tokens from the Easter Egg hunt.

After an hour we'd collected a decent amount of rubbish and were starting to heat up so we called it a day. The team from BPA were very thankful for our help.

If you're taking part in the Lion Hunt, the Baffins one has moved and is now by the pond, visible from the BPA compound entrance.

First of all, it was great to meet James this evening, joining us for his very first session - welcome to GoodGym!

We took a brief detour on our way to PARCS to find one of the Portsmouth Centenary Lions at Fratton Park, then tested a new route to get to our task.

Sammy and David took on some hedge trimming, weed scraping and litter picking duties in the front garden. Team work made the dream work, with the pair developing an interesting large broom / small dustpan technique to sweep up the cuttings at the end of the task.

James, Dave and I visited the back garden, which had become an absolute jungle of brambles. James seemed to very much enjoyed using the loppers, and also showed impressive dexterity to both chop and lift the brambles in one movement. We cleared a huge spaces, which is now on its way to being ready for service users at PARCS to tend to.

On our way home, we collected two more Lions, making a set of three ahead of the England match. Fingers crossed for a good result!

It was a very balmy evening for a spot of burdoch banishing, but many hands made light work!

Abby was incredibly proficient in digging in the very dry soil to get up the burdoch roots. Katie found what could have been a carrot plant, or perhaps a deadly hemlock amongst the weeds. Despite the task being at the pick-your-own orchard, somewhat wisely it was decided to leave that one behind.

We got some extra exercise in by jumping the stepping stones that were uncovered by our de-weeding efforts. Conversations went from the bizarre to the ridiculous, with much content probably unsuitable for publication. Although, I feel it is safe to confirm that the animated fox in Disney's Robin Hood was a handsome fellow.

This evening was sadly Andy's last GoodGym Portsmouth task before he heads off to Bath, but he has reassured us he will be back for plenty of visits! We were able to enjoy a nice beverage in a pub garden to round of the evening... although I'm not sure we'll be allowed to order Aperol Spritz again!