Most of Bristol aren't in Bristol this late summer bank holiday week and that included GoodGymmers!

That meant loads of time for chatting amongst ourselves as we arrived on the Bath to Bristol Railway Park to meet up with Sustrans who volunteer to look after the "lateral park" alongside the Council.

Divided between cleaning graffiti from the beautiful mural, clearing the path edge of overhanging vegetation and clearing rubbish sites, the 4 of us were soon making a big difference. Even a quick downpour was soon on its way so we could keep tidying in our own ways.

Lots of passing runners, walkers and cyclists passed on their thanks as they passed and it was really nice to help out, introducing Sustrans to our highly professional and technical language of Wipey Wipey for the removal of graffiti and a debate on whether Clinky Clinky was an acceptable term for recycling bags of glass bottles or had undertones of racism - eek.

When time was up, we split into running and walking groups and were soon back in the heart of Bristol, feeling good.

Here's to more adventures with Sustrans!