Dartboards, hula hoops, yoga mats…

It was quite the sporty stash Team Trash bagged tonight.

Yep, a whopping 13 runners braved a slushy, wet February night to head down to Meath Gardens to help clear a decent amount of litter...

What’s the background?

Well, post-Storms Eunice, Franklin etc, lots of rubbish and tree branches had made their way to the park’s litter hot spots (yes, canal and bridge, we’re looking at you), so Jane from the Friends of Meath Gardens team kindly headed up this task to keep us all busy and useful on this Monday night.

What we did

Divided into four teams, we spread out all over the park, from arch to canal; benches to bridge. Ivy was explored, undergrowth un-turned and we filled bin liner after bin liner. Filing cabinets, dartboards and some school text books were above the more surprising items found in the undergrowth.

The team didn’t stop, despite increasingly heavy rain, wet feet and chilly fingers. We met Jane back by the basketball court just before 8, and were rightly proud of our many well filled bin bags.

We then dispersed into final groups for the evening, depending on our onward journey, with the five Hotel runners gathering lights and heading back to our lovely warm base before heading home.

Shout-outs

Well done everyone – there was still plenty of trash treasure to be found, despite a decent clean-up in the days after the storm, and you got the lot.

A huge warm welcome to tonight’s first time Tower Hamlets runners: Mona, Ariana and Helen: you did good. Hope to see you again very soon!

Have a good week, everyone.

Until next time.