Goodgymers Anna and Lobo joined local community organisation WaSh Wombles to collect litter from Limehouse on a bright Saturday morning. We pottered along the Limehouse basin and up Regents canal with our litter picks and gradually filling sacks.

Together, we collected 8.86kg of rubbish, not only creating a better environment for local residents but also protecting the ducks and moorhens that call the canal home.

Despite fingers so cold it was hard to use the pick, GoodGymer Anna managed to collect a whopping 5.7kg of rubbish from central Wapping.

The WaSh Wombles meet in different parts of Tower Hamlets every week to keep the streets clean, get to know their neighbours and have a warm cup of coffee or tea as a treat to celebrate the many kilos of litter collected.