7 Goodgymers joined abcd-in-luton and the FoLP for the monthly litterpick at Leagrave Park. The team were out enjoying what was a relatively mild autumn 🍂 day as we all did our best to help keep the park clear of rubbish 🗑. After an hour collecting litter, we'd all collected 15 bags in total, a children's bike and several parts to what we think was a quad bike. Great effort by the team and definitely really appreciated by the community. Well done 👏 ✔️ 👍🏻

It was the monthly litterpick today at Leagrave park, thankfully the weather was kind to us after a week of heavy rain and flooding so no armbands required. It was thin on the ground for GoodGym representation, as a bunch of the Luton crew were away climbing Ben Nevis! We cracked on regardless along with some other volunteers and managed to fill 7 bags between the 4 of us. Extra praise for Abim who even walked a rogue trolley which had escaped back to the supermarket. Lots of soggy litter but it was all smiles in the September sunshine.

5 Goodgym Rock n Roll Stars enjoyed the nearly sunsheeiiiiine looking after the trees Round Are Way at Leagrave Park.

Ferrying water felt like Half A World Away, but we had a Masterplan with access to the water tap in the compound.

Filling our water carrier we took turns to Roll With It, being careful not to let it Slide Away down the slope to the cricket pitch, to give our trees some much needed sustenance.

Watering, mulching and weeding maintenance over the months has meant that Little By Little the trees are growing stronger and will hopefully Live Forever.

We then joined the Friends of Leagrave Park litter to help find Cigarettes and Alcohol and Bag It Up.

Whatever you say there’s a lot to be said about The Importance of (not) Being Idle.

Another month another litterpick at Leagrave Park. 8 of Luton Goodgyms finest turned out with the monthly event held by the FoLP. Over 25 bags of rubbish were collected along with a hub cap, the back seat of a car and a tyre. Kev from ABCD-IN-LUTON brought along a new contraption to essentially vacuum the cigarette 🚬 butt's off the floor. That was a wonder to behold. Great effort by everyone today. 👏

3 goodgymers made there way to Leagrave Park for a post parkrun drink with the Peace Initiative trees.

After a dry couple of weeks and with more good weather forecast the trees had a plentiful drink to keep them healthy and ready to hit the autumn.

Martin managed to get the keys to the compound for access to the tap(!!), so no sliding down the riverbank to draw water this time - a much more civilized event!

More water to come in a couple of weeks time before the Friends of Leagrave Park litter pick.

Luton GoodGymers headed out to try and quench the thirst of some recently planted saplings. However being a long way from a water source meant lots of team work to draw up water from the local river (not helped by BOTH buckets having sprung a leak) and some heavy work to get enough water over to the planted area, A task much improved by Duncan’s recent find of a rolling water barrel! The poor saplings were being strangled by long grass and weeds so then it was time to dig in and give them some breathing space. Once each of had a healthy space it was time to treat them to the river water before they were mulched. Over half the saplings were cared for before the bank to the river became too slippery to safely continue drawing up water. Thinking caps are on for how to manage this for future tasks as these saplings will need a lot more water over the summer to get established.