Off again to join Pitsmoor pickers. The original proposed location too clean so we headed to the old faithful Spital Hill. Much litter picked and looking much better. Great to see a return visit from Filmon.

Having seen the report from another group recently having the police out and not to be outdone, we called the fire brigade! We spotted an unattended bonfire at the back of a restaurant perilously close to a lot of rubbish bins. Bonus good deed!

report by Rachel

We had a new runner join our flock tonight. A big GGSHF welcome to Filmon

Filmon and I put in the long miles tonight, racking up over 8km!

Tonight we headed to the bottom of the winter gardens to meet with Denise from the youth homeless charity Roundabout.

We met with Michelle and Taz who both rode to the meet spot and Annie who walked as she lives just round the corner. How multi modal of us!

We got loaded up with leaflets all about the latest events and fund raisers the charity has planned to support its important work.

Next we divided and conquered, working on different streets and then meeting up where the streets joined once more.

Michelle even brought a wooden spoon especially for the task!

After doing what we could in the time we had, we headed our separate ways until the next one!

This has got to be the first, but hopefully not the last GG task where we have had pizza cooked for us on arrival!

The legend that is Jess Dawson, mastermind behind Common Thread despite having very little sleep after a missed flight connection was still flying in top form giving us the low down on clothes sorting in preparation for the next Common Thread event.

Common Thread clothes exchanges happen regularly and encourage people to avoid the fast fashion and instead swap their clothes with others to better serve each others wardrobes and wares. A fantastic idea, which should be done in more places.

There was plenty to sort, from shoes, to accessories and clothes for all occasions, shapes, sizes and colors!

We got through a lot of bags in our time at Union St which is the venue that hosts Common Thread.

We'll be back again for more next month.

Until next time, happy running! :)

We met a couple of wonderful Sustrans volunteers who work tirelessly to keep the national network accessible and pleasant for walking, wheeling and cycling. They brought us the tools and the plan.

We were working on a particularly grotty underpass which is part of the 627 route. It is a short section that goes under the Parkway and links Broad Street near Park Square to Victoria Quays. It was such a mess.

Quite a few walkers, runners and cyclists were using it despite the litter and vegetation lining the route. And evidently people use the area for parking in the day.

We got to work sweeping, litter picking and cutting back some vegetation to make it clear. Very satisfying! We could really see the difference.

A journalist from ITV met us to cover the story for the telly. See the story on ITV on 26th February at 6pm. or catch it on ITV catchup for 24 hours after that.

Back to the Showroom for drinks and snacks.

Thanks everyone for coming and for Sustrans who made this happen and joined us on a relatively chilly Monday night.