It was time to get the Rose Road vehicles clean after a busy summer holidays of outings. We quickly divided ourselves into innies and outties and off we went! It wasn’t long before we had four vehicles hoovered, dusted, litter picked and washed. We managed to squeeze in a quick wash for the big bus too before home time!

Today I helped out Mr S and Mr A with their garden. They provided some tools and I got heatwave ready with a bucket hat and dry-fit clothing (including my fancy black GoodGym T-shirt) to get going. The 30 degree heat provided warmth and a good load was strimmed away. the most creative part was using my Carmex chapstick (which had melted) as lubricant for my sheers. Amazing stuff.

Stephanie, Ashley and Janine joined Final Straw Foundation in their monthly litter pick along the beach along Hazel Road near the Itchen River.

They had a full team of volunteers to collect over 36kg of debris from the beach. There was a shocking amount of microplastics and pellets from the industry nearby - these were hand picked and collected to reduce the pollution going into the sea. There was glass, plastic and rubbish collected on a nice sunny morning. Thanks to Woolston Coffee for their complementary drinks for all of us to thank Final Straw for their work! Join us for the next one.