It was a hardy group of Goodgymers who ventured out this evening. It was VERY cold!!

A couple of weeks ago on out previous Wood Green litter pick we noticed that the area around The Slade was very grubby, so we decided to do something about it.

So armed with litter pickers, bags and some barely functioning torches we set to work and cleared an alarming amount of litter, despite very cold fingers and toes all round!

Next week we are indoors - phew!!

Welcome to Goodgym Holly!!

An indoor task could not have come at a better time!

Sheltering from the persistent rain, this evening we packaged up 49 pairs of running shoes of various shapes and sizes to be sent off the JogOn for re-purposing and recycling.

That's 49 pairs of trainers that won't end up in landfill.

Powered by tea and snacks (is there any other way) a gaggle of us then headed out into the, semi-refreshing, drizzle of a trot and a chat.

What is January without a litterpick or two? Last night's target was the Wood Farm/Magdalen Wood area. We were treated to a spooky walk through the middle of the wood, with plenty of trash hiding in the undergrowth. We then swooped around a few of the residential streets and back to the Atkyns Road shops, collecting coffee cups, crisp packets, and cans as we went. Socks, a hub cap, and a novel were our more unusual finds.

On our post-task run, we noticed lots of litter on the Headington side of the shops, so we will return to tackle that at the end of the month.

Welcome to GoodGym Joel!

And we are back for 2026!!

This evening we did our monthly deep clean at the Oxford Mutual Aid food bank. The order of the day was to weed out mouldy veg, scrub the fridges, sweep & mop the floors and scrub and restack an area of shelving.

Pats on the back and gold stars to Angus for scaling the ladder and tackling the window sill - home to dead spiders and muchos dust.

Leaving the hall suitably spruced we headed out into the FREEZING cold for a trot.

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to Goodgym Joshua!

Thank you all so much for coming to our Christmas celebration. What a warm and fuzzy evening it was.

Thank you so much for all your hard work this year, you are all glorious!

but if you have no leaflets, you can't do leafleting!

See you next week xx