9 GoodGymer's turned out for a great morning at Mousehold Heath.

Cutting back Common Gorse, which is an invasive species and has been strangling the heather that grows on the heath. The Heather is a great pollinator and is essential to bees and insects thriving.

The team removed lots of Gorse, with the aid of Will’s big protective gloves and long reaching loppers. After it was removed it was laid on drag mats and taken to a big hole not far away where it can mulch down.

Everyone was in great spirits and could see a massive impact for the hours work that it took of lopping and dragging.

We will be back again in a few weeks for another task in Mousehold.

Woody and I had a productive session helping Mr A with his front garden. Mr A's strimmer wasn't working at first, so Woody got started cutting down the long grass with hedge trimmers which worked a treat! He then did a great job mowing the lawn.

I focused on cutting the edges of the grass and weeding the French drains and between the paving slabs.

Mr A was very pleased with the results!

It was a very windy morning, 7 GoodGymers ran or cycled 5km to Waterloo Park.

We joined the Friends of Waterloo Park volunteer group who meet every Saturday.

Todays task was clearing out weeds from the overgrown flower beds. After an hour it was a great to see the difference we made - check out the before and after photos!

We will be returning next month to help spread lots of wood chip. See you at the next one.

The team got stuck in this evening as we cleared leaves and planted spring bulbs.

Everyone worked hard and achieved a lot.

Thanks Maddy for the great photos!