GoodGym sessions are meant to be short, sweet and impactful. With about an hour for a task at our group runs, it would be easy to leave a job half-finished - but we don't like that!

A month after we had turned into wild boars for one night to dig for bramble roots just as it were Périgord truffles, we returned to the pond area in Walpole Park for the wild wrestling showdown with the brambles!

Steph and Kash ran to the task, with the former carrying a sizeable backpack. Some people call it coming to a group run straight after work - we call it military-style training. Mohamed, Sevan and Andrew confidently walked into the ring, ready to put on thick, red gloves and knock brambles out of the park.

Andrew chose a fine job for his first GoodGym session and was about to make a difference in the park where he used to volunteer. Welcome, Andrew!

While we would expect Eye Of The Tiger to be the soundtrack for a prize fight, the music of a brass instrument, a trumpet perhaps, filled the park. Kash would swear it was an attempt on Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, but there was no one to confirm that.

In less than an hour the brambles by the pond were completely knocked out! To drag them out of the ring, first Sevan and Andrew had to haul a trolley with trimmings to the green waste area, then the activity was repeated by Steph and Mohamed. Our team left Walpole Park victorious with no more brambles to dig out in sight. We admit that it was just starting to get dark though!

Next week we are heading to Acton to invite residents for a free community event with music, food, activities and stalls of the Reduce and Recycle Hub partners. Join us now!