Job weldone by Mel, collecting new litter picking bags for picking litter in the council parks GoodGym Leicester look after, cheers.

6 fantastic Goodgymmers armed with litter pickers, hoops and bags to walk over to Castle Gardens, one of the Leicester City Council parks GoodGym Leicester keep clean and tidy.

Nick started off a bag just for cans, that he is going to take to the Air Ambulance charity in Melton, good job because cans were a popular pick today. The rest of the rubbish was found marching up steps, under bushes and around trees, our step count was deffinately reached today.

Jimmy cycled to the task, Dawn walked part of the way and Sarah stocked up the leaflets at our meeting point to try and engage any gym goers to come and join us.

A very historic litter pick today and very lucky with the weather, it felt like summer again. Weldone everyone the Castle Gardens looks spic and span and great to catch up.

The famous six met up for a litter pick at Bede Park last night. It had rained all day but as soon as the litter pickers arrived at the task the sun shone !

Ashley was well prepared with her lovely umbrella hat which obviously kept the rain at bay .

Lovely to meet our new Goodgym member Samir . The 6 collected 5 bags of litter , including Nick finding a plastic bone which we think could belong to Richard the third or may the forth !

Well done everyone!

Four Goodgymmers met to litter pick the Castle Gardens. This was Samir's first event, welcome Samir. This is a tidy, well kept site. But we soon found plenty of cans, bottles, vapes and the usual rubbish amongst the undergrowth along the paths Stu found a stash of new, sealed, water bottles spread around in the bushes. Then a bottle of Radox shower gel. Then a bath sponge and a pair of shoes. We think Stu found the bathroom. We then went up many steps to the mound where the original wooden castle stood 1,000 years ago. Plenty of cans in the bushes here plus a bag of ants. It was soon midday and we piled the bags by a bin for the photo and walked back along the canal to our meeting place.

Getting very Autumnal now for our Goodgym tasks but this didn't deter 13 runners turning up tonight .Dave warmed the runners up before leading them for a 3km run. Mel met the runners by the canal path ready with litter pickers and bin bags. The group split into two smaller groups , group one headed off along the canal path and the other group tackled the litter on Bede Park. - Jen leading the former and Nicola the latter.

It was great to see our newest members Sharon and Irene back for more

After 30 mins the groups met up with 10 heavy bags of litter.Stus bag was the heaviest with bottles, and cans in abundance. By this time the light was fading but this did not stop the enthusiastic group having a great workout on the outdoor equipment. Refreshments were well received and the cool down and stretch completed.The group had a jog back to base and were bid a farewell until next week.

Well folks, an exciting night for GoodGym as the BBC Television crew were shadowing the session and litter picking task. Dave led a short warm up and welcomed new runner Bex. It was also great to have Leigh, Lee and Louise back with the gang after a time away. Lindsay led the group on a 1.5 mile jog along the river with Jimmy as the back marker. When the group arrived at Bede Park, Mel, Lee and Louise had prepared the litter pickers and bin bags for us. With the presence of the camera crew we had attracted attention from the locals who were on the park. One chap asked if he could help and was soon at work looking for litter, on his departure he shook hands with Dave and said we were doing a good job. The BBC filmed the litter picking task and followed the GG runners around the park. Nic, Frank, Jim and Dave were then interviewed about the benefits of GG, the tasks and their involvement. After light refreshments the fitness task consisted of circuits - hops, flying 20s tree sits and use of the outdoor gym. Find of the night was an NHS issue childs crutch which we shall duly return to the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Finally the jog back to DMU for the cool down,again filmed by the crew. Keep a lookout on the Leicester GG facebook page for details of the broadcast time and date! Thanks all for a great turnout tonight.