Nick, Jen and Perrine got stuck in dragging out huge mats of floating pennywort- hard work, messy and stinky but well worth the effort. A great event organised by Amy Cipriani of CRT/ Restore the Soar Leicester. Still lots to do - keep an eye out for more sessions.

Today was a day of celebration we had Braunstones 16th Birthday were we had Jimmy and Rob volunteering we had watermeads 5th birthday were we had Nick and at Abbeypark we had a Mcmillan coffee morning 🌄 and Martin was volunteering well done everyone 👏

Today we had Lorna stu katy and Lynn all making the world 🌎 a better place well done

Today we had Dave at watermead keeping the goodgym show on the road doing an excellent job as usual well done.

we had 5 of the best today at parkrun we had ian at Braunstone, Dave and Jeanette at watermead, Nick at Melton and Martin at abbeypark well done all.

Four Goodgymmers Ian, Nick, Rob and Stu, along with new signing Perin, welcome Perin, went to help Project River Soar with clearing Floating Pennywort from the canal through Aylestone Meadows nature reserve. Paddle boarders Amy, Helen and Luke were picking every piece of pennywort and bringing it to the bank where we moved it away from the water along the towpath. A single leaf can quickly grow back into a new mat of stems and leaves that cover the waters surface and get tangled up with watercraft (which breaks bits off, they float down stream and form new mats of weed). It's been expanding very fast in the recent heatwaves. We also collected a bag of litter, and removed a lot of Himalayan Balsam, another non-native plant that is taking over along the waterway. Amy was great at explaining what we were doing and why, and what a difference we were making by clearing the plants away.