On a beautifully sunny Sunday morning, new GoodGymer Diana and I, along with 30 or 40 other volunteers, met at Banjo Groyne to take part in a Surfers Against Sewage beach clean.

After a friendly briefing, we were kitted out with gloves and bags, ready to tackle the task.

Note to self: next time, bring a litter picker to grab those cheeky bits of plastic hiding on the far side of chain-link fences!

After an hour or so of scouring the beach, we gathered back at the groyne to weigh our collections. Between us all, we’d removed a brilliant 56kg of rubbish from the beach — a fantastic team effort!