The evening started out nice, but there was a hint of something in the air as we gathered at base. Ambra confirmed the suspicion, her weather app predicted a chance of rain at 8ish...

So we got going with the aim to be back by 8.

With the light lasting longer, Leyton Flats was now an option for a plogging session. Pleasantly surprised we didnt fill more than a bag between the 5 of us. Sadly the bags did end up filling up once we crossed through the Green Man roundabout, right on schedule to drop the collected litter at the council bins we use more often as drop-off point.

James, Elegia & Linda took the short route back, while i kept Ambra company on a longer scenic route, arriving at base not long after the others.

Job done, right on time, because on the way home it started raining, just as Ambra predicted!

Time flies.... another 6 weeks passed, so it was time to pop down to the babybank again.

The lovely Ambra joined us at our Wantead base for her first Goodgym experience - give her a cheer!

As always, Adam had bags of donated clothing waiting to be sorted sorted we arrived, with Elegia & Natalie joining us shortly after, having made their own ways there. We got stuck in sorting through it all, chatting along the way and ofcourse checking out some of the more unusual / cuter finds.

One of these days I will get round to taking a proper set of pictures, including a glimpse of the rest of the process, honestly, but for this one poster girls Ambra & Elegia will have to do 😁

• This Thursday 5/3, Foodbank at Frenfords
• Next group run 16/3
• Next babybank session currently 20/4, but might be brought forward since there is lots to do
• Most Saturdays - Valentines Parkrun (Linda's 200th on 14th!)

Not unexpectedly the cold weather had some impact on peoples plans, with several people dropping out for different reasons.

So it was just Elegia & myself getting ready to go out for a run, when the lovely Alex popped round to find out more about Goodgym.

After a chat about Goodgym Redbridge, the 3 of us set off on a run around Wanstead, chatting along the way. Streets looked pretty tidy, no Xmas trees loitering on pavements.

Thanks for coming out in the cold weather ladies!

P.S. a tiny litterpick on the way back to base, taking 2 NO2 canisters from the gutter on the A12 - looks like they have been bounced about a few times.

This was setup as something good to do before the Christmas meal, the goal find loads of litter, following one of our usual routes near Wanstead Leisure centre and toward Redbridge roundabout, we manged to get 2 bags of rubbish and report some fly tipping